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Workers untie a mooring line from a ship carrying containers filled with rubbish from Britain before it departs from the port of Santos
05 Aug 2009
Source: Reuters
 
Workers untie a mooring line from a ship carrying containers filled with rubbish from Britain before it departs from the port of Santos August 5, 2009. The ship loaded with 1,600 tonnes of rubbish set sail today to return the rotting cargo to Britain from Brazil, where it had been shipped falsely declared as plastic for recycling. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL BRITAIN ENVIRONMENT POLITICS)
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Customs officers on a boat (R) patrol beside a ship, loaded with containers filled with rubbish from Britain, before it departs from the port of Santos August 5, 2009. The ship ...


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