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Dirty Business, Part Two | |
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Vast amounts of waste are exported daily from the industrialized world to developing countries - all in the name of recycling. But much of this trade is illegal, dangerous and environmentally disastrous to the countries that receive it. | |
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Environmentalists are worried that as costs for safe waste disposal in Europe rise, poorer nations will become the target for a thriving trade in illegal rubbish. The BBC’s Liz Carney looks at the mounting problem of rubbish illegally imported into the Czech Republic from Germany. |
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This series produced for the BBC World Service concludes with an investigation into the trash-hauling industry in New York City – an industry that was once the domain of organized crime. |
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| THE CHANGING WORLD is the sister documentary series of PRI's The World. Each week, we offer American radio listeners two in-depth documentaries from the BBC World Service that probe issues critical to our understanding of our evolving world. |
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