Toxic Waste Action in Nepal

Campaigners meet and discuss the problem of toxic waste at a warehouse at Khumaltar. Greenpeace campaigner Andreas Bernstorff (right) meets with R.P. Sapkota, a Nepalese official.

In original language:

Altpestizide in einem Giftlager in Nepal

Internationales Greenpeace-Team sichert hochgiftige Altpestizide in einem Giftlager in Nepal. Die Aktivisten verpacken am Stadtrand von Kathmandu sechs Tonnen abgelaufene Pestizide in 98 neue Ueberfaesser. Ein Drittel des Giftmuells sind Bayer- und Shell-Produkte. Greenpeace fordert die verantwortlichen Unternehmen auf, die Giftstoffe zurueckzuholen und fachgerecht zu entsorgen.

Unique identifier: GP07AI

Type: Image

Shoot date: 21/01/2002

Locations: Asia, Kathmandu, Nepal

Credit line: © Chandra Shekhar Karki / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Toxic Waste Action in Nepal

Greenpeace activists, wearing protective suits and gas masks, clean up toxic waste at a warehouse at Khumaltar, Pathan on the outskirts of Kathmandu and place them in barrels. Greenpeace is exposing dangerous obsolete pesticides exported to Nepal.

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