1.   On Thursday delegates approved a resolution calling for a two-year ban on dumping radioactive wastes in the sea.

2.   The ban was initially opposed by the USA, France, the Soviet Union and Britain, who wanted to keep open their option of dumping nuclear waste.

3.   The issue of dumping radioactive waste overshadowed the final phase of the negotiations and nearly caused them to break down.

4.   The report proposes the granting of government subsidies to councils to promote recycling, together with increased charges for dumping waste.

5.   A man accused of dumping poisonous waste in a brook has been committed for Crown Court trial.

6.   Now, the Bush administration is about to issue a rule overturning a federal ban on dumping waste in a wetland.

7.   Sen. J. Bennett Johnston, D-La., has been a leading proponent of dumping waste in Nevada.

8.   That upheld the view that independent operators are generally responsible for dumping animal waste.

9.   They said Russia had made noteworthy strides at the meeting by agreeing to join this year a treaty that bans the dumping nuclear waste in the ocean.

10.   Over the weekend, activists in rubber boats prevented a ship from dumping waste in the gulf.