Posted on 07/04/2008 8:54:52 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
North Korea in bid to recycle toxic waste By Michael Rank Last Updated: 12:01pm BST 30/06/2008
North Korea is planning to recycle waste that is so polluted other countries refuse to handle it.
The Stalinist regime, which is reputedly a significant poppy grower for the world heroin trade, is now tendering for bids to process toxic waste at a refurbished port close to the capital Pyongyang as part of its desperate efforts to earn foreign currency.
Through a Chinese-language website the country is seeking supplies of plastic and electronic waste which "can be processed in the port but which other countries and territories are restricted from dealing in", reflecting the country's dire economic plight and its scant regard for international norms.
North Korea appears to have been inspired by neighbouring China, which is itself a major importer of toxic waste and is one of North Korea's few close friends.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Ping!
I read that the Norks poppy-growing operation began during Vietnam when the commies deliberately flooded South Vietnam with artificially cheap heroin to get our G.I.’s hooked.
I’m sure satellite photos can confirm how much they are growing but I would assume that is more bad news that the current administration, just like the one before it, would prefer never got widely circulated (because then they might be expected to do something about it).
Really? Supreme leader to sacrifice himself in a move reminiscent of Soylent Green?
Some people will do anything to make a dollar.
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