Bangladesh Shipbreaking Industry at Sitakunda: E‑Waste and Chemical Dumping — A New Dimension of Environmental Crime
Sitatunga’s shipbreaking yards in Bangladesh Coastal area have long been at the center of environmental pollution, but recently the industry has taken on a new dimension of “environmental crime.” Investigations by international environmental organizations and local researchers have revealed that under the guise of scrapped ships, tons of toxic e‑waste......