Jun 6, 2013
sad to know the truths about waste dumping in sea. Please be conscious of environment
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sad to know the truths about waste dumping in sea. Please be conscious of environment
Documenting the action and inaction in the scheme to dump ex-HMAS Adelaide in Bulbararing Bay
The sun has set on sea dumping The tide has turned to recycling
(click image to view larger - NB this image was created by a friend of NSAG last year in Photoshop. We didn't use it in the campaign partly as we thought the ship looked unrealistically too close and we did not want to give false representation of the sinking - sadly on the day this is almost exactly what it looked like with the surfers right there. See other media photos showing close proximity to the beach here
Our government spent in excess of $8.3 million on this extreme act of environmental vandalism and reckless waste of precious resources.
They also spent $1 million fighting a small community group that exposed the ship did not comply with cleanup guidelines at the time they wanted to dump it in March 2010.
The No Ship Action Group also exposed for the first time in Australia the misinformation and false economy of sea dumping ex military vessels at sea.
They have the beautiful and pristine waters of Jervis Bay as their next target. Avoca Beach could not be saved in time but hopefully this can be stopped before it is too late.
Jobs and Dollars Overboard - the economic case against dumping U.S. naval vessels at sea. Report by the Basel Action Network Dec 2010.
US Navy abandons plan to sink Senator McCain's old aircraft carrier
The Basel Action Network, a global toxic trade watchdog organization, claimed victory today as the U.S. Navy confirmed it had changed its decision to scuttle the aircraft carrier USS FORRESTAL, choosing instead to have the ship recycled here in the United States.
This change followed the December 2010 release of BAN’s report “Jobs and Dollars Overboard: The Economic Case Against Dumping U.S. Naval Vessels at Sea.” BAN estimates that the recycling of the FORRESTAL will save millions of taxpayer dollars, create approximately 500 green jobs in the domestic recycling industry, and create about 1,900 jobs in the overall economy[1] for one year. In addition to the FORRESTAL, the Navy now says it will recycle three other retired carriers: the SARATOGA, INDEPENDENCE, and CONSTELLATION. In past years, these vessels would all have been dumped at sea as artificial reefs or as part of the Navy’s costly sinking exercise program (SINKEX). For example, the aircraft carriers AMERICA and ORISKANY were both scuttled, costing taxpayers over $20 million each. “The Obama Administration’s new plan to recycle these four aircraft carriers appears to be a signal that the Administration may be correcting long-standing misguided policies that not only squander resources, but American jobs as well,” said Colby Self, BAN’s Green Ship Recycling Campaign Director.
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