ying problems they have created.If the disposal of dangerous waste was Nationalised it could cause great problems as many countries do not have the technology and expertise in this area as Britain has and they would have to resort to old methods of landfills, dumping in the North Sea or burning the waste at dangerously low temperatures, so many countries depend on the UK for disposal and incineration. Pressure groups like Greenpeace argue that PCBs are so hazardous that the industries that produce this waste should have, by law, the responsibility of disposing of it. They should do so safely, as close to their factory as possible, and in the country of origin. Somebody has to take care of disposal and make a profit to enable further inward investment - Law, Codes of practice and regulations such as Environmental protection Act 1990, BS7750/ISO14001 and Waste-management legislation.Nationalisation - many countries cannot or have not the technology or expertise in this area and depend on countries like the UK for disposal and incineration Task - 4What have been the social and financial costs of the pollution incident in Indonesia in August - October 1997.Social CostsIt is the worlds largest and most deadly "pea-souper", a dense, acid fog has blanketed not just whole cities , as happened in London in the 1950s, but a huge swathe of south-East Asia. From the fleshpot beaches of Phuket in Thailand to the southern Philippines, the islands surrounding the Java Sea and even Papua New Guinea, the poisonous smog envelops an area home to more than 70 million people. The tourist guides describe the Rainforests of south Sumatra and Kalimantan as the "lungs of the Earth". But those lungs are now aflame and spewing out clouds of smoke, choking and frightening the young and old, frail and healthy as it spreads across the map. Everywhere symptoms are the same; watering eyes, a heavy, shortness of breath, itchy skin, a tickle in the throat and the...
