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Environmental dumping is the practice of transfrontier shipment of waste (household waste, industrial/nuclear waste, etc.) from one country to another. The goal is to take the waste to a country that has less strict environmental laws, or environmental laws that are not strictly enforced. The economic benefit of this practice is cheap disposal or recycling of waste without the economic regulations of the original country.
An example of an attempt at environmental dumping is the story of the decommissioned French aircraft carrier, the FS Clemenceau, which was sold to India to be scrapped. The Indian Supreme Court ruled that it could not enter Indian waters due to the high level of toxic waste and asbestos found on the ship, forcing the French government to take the Clemenceau back.
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