Tag: green
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The dumping of plastic waste – a green crime?
Only an estimated 9% of the world’s plastic waste is recycled. A further 12% is burnt and the rest, 79% is buried in land fill or just dumped. China used to be the main dumping ground for the world’s rubbish, but it banned the import of plastic waste in 2017, which then lead to a…
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Green Criminology and Green Crime – Revision Notes
Introduction – Getting your head around green crime! Green Crime – A simple definition of Green Crime is ‘crimes committed against the environment’. Types of Green Crime – Nigel South (2008) classifies green crimes into two distinct types, primary and secondary. Primary green crimes are those crimes which constitute harm inflicted on the environment (and,…
