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TOGO revised inventory. Industry has committed its support for the project.” 218 BASEL LOMÉ IV / COTONOU BAMAKO Party Ratified / Party to National Policy: The country of Togo, as a party to the Lomé Convention, totally bans waste shipments to its territory. Togo is a signatory to the Bamako Convention which bans the import of hazardous waste. On September 7, 1988, the Togolese government passed a strict law banning the import, sale, transport, or storage of toxic or radioactive wastes. The law, known as the Environment Code, imposes heavy fines and up to life in prison for offenders. Earlier, on May 20, 1988, the Togolese cabinet called on all Organization of African Unity (OAU) member countries categorically to refuse to accept wastes “no matter how enticing the promises made to them.” The ministerial communiqué continued, “this activity shames those countries which, in order to protect their own people, turn to our continent to dump their harmful waste material without thinking of the dangers they expose us to.” Shipments of wastes to Africa “jeopardize the future of our nations already faced by indebtedness, drought, desertification and the threat of locusts.” 219 Waste import schemes: Scheme: Jelly Wax Date: 1988 Type of Waste: Industrial Residues and Pharmaceutical Products Source: Italy Exporter: Mr. Renato Pent, Jelly Wax, Italy Pretext/Fate: Dumping Status: Rejected Renato Pent, the director of Jelly Wax, a major Italian waste broker firm, claims to have received letters from the governments of Togo and a number of other countries granting permission to dump toxic wastes. The Togolese Minister for Public Health Aissah Agbeta, denied such permission in a public statement on October 5, 1988. Agbeta said that an “authorization in principal” was granted to a Togolese promoter last February. The authorization allowed restricted industrial residues and pharmaceutical products to be imported but prohibited toxic, radioactive, explosive, or 218 GCPF 01/2001 219Lomé Radio via BBC Monitoring Service, May 23, 1988, September 9, 1988; Reuters News Reports, May 21, 1988, September 8, 1988; West Africa, September 19-25, 1988; Xinhua, May 21, 1988. 111
inflammable substances. The Togolese promoter, Kao Tchakpana, verified Agbeta’s statement. He said that Pent had approached him to arrange to dump wastes in Togo but found the authorization too restrictive. 220 Scheme: The Syndicate III Date: probably 1992 Type of Waste: Industrial toxic and radioactive Source: Europe Exporter: Unknown Pretext/Fate: dumping Status: proposed by Nigerian business people In an undated letter from Nigeria there is mention of a plan to dump toxic and radioactive waste from Europe in Togo: “...we, a group of international businessmen, in consent with key personnel in the government of NIGERIA, TOGO, EQUATORIAL GU<strong>IN</strong>EA and REPUBLIC of BEN<strong>IN</strong> have developed a closed syndicate which specializes in the clandestine importation and disposal of industrial toxic and radioactive wastes on behalf of industrial concern in the west for a fee ...” 221 For a more exhaustive quote see: Nigeria Section of this report: “Waste Trade Schemes II” Obsolete Pesticides: In Togo there are altogether 86 tonnes of obsolete pesticides stored in at least 11 different locations. The following substances were identified, among others: Dieldrin, Heptachlor, Lindane, Parathion. Countries of origin named are: Germany, France Companies identified are, among others: BASF, Bayer, Calliope/Calloivoire, Degesch, DuPont, ICI, Procida, Rhône Poulenc, Shell (Agrishell), Sofaco, Sumitomo. 222 TUNISIA BASEL LOMÉ IV / COTONOU BAMAKO 11.10.95 Ratified Ratified / Party to National Policy: The country of Tunisia is a signatory to the Bamako Convention which bans the import of hazardous waste. Waste Import Schemes: Scheme: S.O.P. Date: 1987 Type of Waste: Municipal and Hazardous Chemical Source: West Germany 220West Africa, October 10-16, 1988. 221 Document on file with Greenpeace 222 FAO 1999,2001 112
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POPs IN AFRICA HAZARDOUS WASTE TRAD
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CONTENTS 2 PAGE INTRODUCTION 4 Haza
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HAZARDOUS WASTE EXPORTS TO AFRICA 1
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Convention (COP3) held in 1995, the
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The POPs treaty With these destruct
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These are known as unwanted, obsole
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Product responsibility substances w
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„It is not the policy of the indu
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POSITIONS OF AFRICAN INTERGOVERNMEN
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17 Especially with the song “Toxi
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REGIONAL WASTE TRADE SCHEMES Waste
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d) several desalinisation plants; e
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OBSOLETE PESTICIDE STOCKS IN AFRICA
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Pretext/Fate: Dumping and $12.5 Mil
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Scheme: The Syndicate I Date: proba
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CAMEROON “From 1985 to 1997, Buru
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CAPE VERDE make place at all (see a
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million francs in exchange for the
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The process was to be administered
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Inc., a U.S. waste broker firm base
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COTE D’IVOIRE American companies.
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69 Die Tageszeitung, Berlin, (AFP q
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Background information on Taurus: T
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Source: Europe Exporter: Emvatrex (
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Waste import schemes: Scheme: Forei
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According to French environmental o
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less-industrialized countries to st
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involved in the scheme. 95 Scheme:
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• Lindaco Ltd., Delaware, U.S. Li
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