Many humans exhibit deep reverence for nature, for old churches and paintings and other artifacts, and for the preservation of all that we have inherited; but even more (usually poorer) folks are engaged in slash-and-burn forestry, polluting the atmosphere, discarding industrial waste and wiping out plant and animal species.

The suit contends the defendants falsely told investors that the company had been awarded a concession to discard low-level radioactive waste in Equatorial Guinea.

The success of this plan is mainly due to the introduction of Eco-Stations (a system of discarding waste, recyclables, and compost into separate bins).

However, an extensive body of research has found that a wide variety of commonly discarded waste including eggshells, bones, peat, fungi, seaweed, yeast and carrot peels can efficiently remove toxic heavy metal ions from contaminated water.

The authority also has not properly discarded infectious waste, thus endangering the public, Mr. Abrams said.

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