POPs IN AFRICA HAZARDOUS WASTE TRADE 1980 - 2000 ... - Arte

167West Africa, June 19-25; Xinhua, August 2, 1989.
168West Africa, December 18-24, 1989.
169 Daily Champion, Lagos, Nigeria, February 19,1990
The first vessel, MV Arion 1, was escorted out of Nigerian waters
after being detained for 17 days. There was no indication where
the beef was headed next.
Following this wave of radioactive waste trading ships, the
Nigerian government announced on December 7 that it would
outlaw all beef imports. The decree also bans the import of
chicken, fish and other expired food products. 167
Scheme: Toxic Recoil
Date: 1989
Type of Waste: Toxic Mosquito Coils
Source: Unclear
Exporter: Unclear
Pretext/Fate: “Useful Products”
Status: Rejected
In another battle against an onslaught of toxic waste, expired and
contaminated food, and hazardous consumer goods, the Nigerian
government banned the importation of toxic mosquito coils. The
toxic mosquito coils were another in a long list of dangerous
wastes exported as “useful products” to Nigeria. Col. Anthony
Etukudo of the Standards Organization of Nigeria announced the
ban, saying that “the government was worried by the rate at
which all manner of toxic substances were being dumped in the
country.” 168
Scheme: Sweetch 31 II
Date: 1989/90
Type of Waste: Unknown, toxic industrial waste
Origin: Unknown
Exporter: Unknown
Pretext/Fate: Unknown
Status: Unknown
The freighter MV Sweetch 31 was denied entry to Egyptian ports
and next tried Nigerian ports. On board there were unknown
quantities of toxic waste from unnamed European countries. 169
Note: Sweetch 31/I in the Egypt Sections of this report
Scheme: Esquimo
Date: 1990
Type of Waste: Unknown, toxic industrial waste
Origin: Unknown
Exporter: Unknown
Pretext/Fate: Unknown
Status: Unknown
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