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What I changed

• Added a description of environmental risks in the definition section for all environmental dumping including unsupervised.
• Added "can be hazardous" to is hazardous with supporting evidence.
• Added three citation's. Number 1,2 and 3 in References.
• Added links to "environmental risk" and "Triangle of death".

Environmental dumping[edit]

The shipment of waste between countries has been referred to as “transfrontier shipment” of waste. Transfrontier waste is shipped within the European Union (EU) and between the European Union and other countries. Most of this waste is traded by Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. This waste includes, but is not is not limited to metals, plastics, and paper products. In 2007, it is estimated that OECD countries exported between 4 and 5 million tons of metal and paper waste. OECD countries also exported near a half of million tons of recovered plastics in 2007. Some of the wastes that are transported has been hazardous waste.

Environmental dumping has evolved into a large scale environmental risk and over time has become a global issue. These hazardous wastes has caused health risks to humans and has lead to serious environmental contamination. The past few years China and Nigeria have become the leading locations for environmental dumping. Studies have shown damage to DNA in humans and soil/plant samples were highly contaminated in these areas and pollution levels are increasing rapidly. Studies found these hazardous chemicals, but not limited to, polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) .There's also an abundance of illegal dumping in southern Italy which has been named the "triangle of death",where unsupervised toxic waste is dumped and has caused further major health and environmental issues. According to the Basel Convention, there is at least 8 million tons of hazardous waste imported and exported every year.

The Basel Convention was created in 1989 but started enforcing rules in 1992. The purpose of the Convention is to control the hazardous waste that was imported and exported throughout the EU. The Convention is a great contributor to stopping the shipment of illegal waste.^{[citation needed]} In May 2005, 60 containers were seized that were on their way from the United Kingdom to China. The containers seized by Dutch authorities were supposed to be for paper but actually contained household wastes. Since neither the UK, China, nor Dutch had agreed to the importation of the wastes, the waste was shipped back. The Basel Convention also deals with the popular growing issue of E-waste. The Waste Shipment Regulation confirms what can be shipped to, from, and between EU countries. These regulation rules divide the waste into three separate lists: Green List, Amber List, and Red List.

• Green List

These items are considered to be non-hazardous and more environmentally friendly. Some of these items may include paper and plastic that can be recycled. These types of shipment don’t have to receive prior permission to cross international waters and be shipped to parts of the European Union.

• Amber List

Materials are considered to be mixed on this list containing both non-hazardous and hazardous parts. These materials can contain metal bearing wastes, organic and inorganic wastes, and/or organic or inorganic constituents. A company or country shipping these items would have to have prior consent before exporting the materials. As of 2007, consent for the shipment of waste is received by Dublin City Council.

• Red List

This includes reasonably hazardous materials. These materials contain principally organic or inorganic constituents, which include polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs).