Brent Spar Slides

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Brent Spar Slides
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Map
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Brent Spar
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Shell and DNV

• http//www.shell.co.uk/uk-en/directory/0,4010,2575
  5,00.html

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9/8/95 Greenpeace Press Release

• The dumping of the Brent Spar would have created
  an unacceptable precedent for dumping other
  contaminated structures in the sea.

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From 9/8/95 Greenpeace Press Release

• The "Best Practicable Environmental Option"
  (BPEO) - referred to in the Shell UK press
  release about the same meeting - is a UK
  Government policy which Greenpeace believes in
  fundamentally flawed and is not the same as the
  best environmental practice. However, Greenpeace
  recognises that if Shell UK seeks relicensing for
  the disposal of the Brent Spar within the UK, it
  will have to work within the legal framework of
  UK Government policy at the time, which may still
  be "BPEO".

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5/22/96 Greenpeace Press Release

• http//www.greenpeace.org/comms/brent/96may22.htm
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• The UK Government should not assess each
  installation purely on a "case by case" basis. It
  should also take into account the cumulative
  impacts of all disposals of waste at sea.
• The decision making process before licensing the
  dumping of the Brent Spar should have included
  factors such as the need to conserve energy and
  resources by reducing, re-using and recycling
  waste. Other factors such as public acceptability
  should also be taken into account in future.
• Any problems with disposing of the Brent Spar on
  shore are no more difficult than have already
  been overcome with other installations.