The toxic ships

• It is difficult to follow some waste streams, in particular e-waste and other
industrial waste, as they are often disguised as reusable goods.
In conclusion, at the present time we know the majority of waste shipments
outside the EU are driven by better pricing. We know that a good deal of
hazardous waste is simply being shipped to regions, countries and facilities with
lower quality standards, missing supervision and lack of legislation enforcement.
Greenpeace Demands
Based on the findings and the information summarised in the present report,
Greenpeace believes that:
UN must carry on an independent assessment on the alleged duping of toxic and
radioactive waste in Somalia, particularly in the area of the port of Eel Ma’aan;
EU must finally implement its own toxic waste prevention measures, which are
one of the pillars of the EU waste policy;
The Italian Government must create a strong coordination among all the
investigative Authorities (Procura della Repubblica) which have been, and still
are, working on the issue of toxic and radioactive waste trade, to identify and
neutralize the network of people and enterprises managing the illegal waste
trade shipped to Developing Countries (and possibly dumped into the sea) with
the help of criminal networks and the support of State Civil Servants;
The Italian Government must create, at the Italian Ministry for the Environment,
for the protection of the Territory and the Sea, an Operational Authority to make
a census of all the research activities, funded by several Ministries and Regions,
concerning pollution from toxic and radioactive substances on the open sea,
surface waters and sediments. Such Authority should also collect all information
from all sea workers (including fishermen) in order to elaborate and execute a
targeted research of possible ship wrecks of so called “toxic ships”. Such a
research must be use all possible national and international expertise and make
use of independent research institutions;
Finally, The Italian Government must prepare and execute, based on the
cooperation among the Italian Ministry for the Environment, for the protection of
the Territory and the Sea and the Department for Civil Protection of the
Presidency of the Council, a targeted action aiming to identify and clean up all
possible ship wrecks of “toxic ships”. Such plan should also be based upon the
conclusion of a technical working group made by all Investigation Authorities and
the Intelligence Services, established at the Ministry for the Internal Affairs and
supported by the Superior Institute for Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità –
ISS).
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