Toxic Barrels Action in Homebush

A sign with a warning reading 'Danger, dioxin. Eliminate persistent poisons' is placed by Greenpeace in an action where activists removed barrels of toxic dioxin waste to stop them from being incinerated.

Unique identifier: GP0JWO

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Shoot date: 27/06/2004

Locations: Australia, Homebush

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Dean Sewell

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Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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Toxic Barrels Action in Homebush

Greenpeace moved 58 barrels of toxic dioxin waste to stop it from being incinerated. With support of local residents, activists moved the waste from a Meriton site to a former Union Carbide site where equally toxic waste will be treated with a closed loop technology.

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