Where Europe is dumping its problematic waste
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Europe reveals that waste disposal companies from Germany, Austria and Italy continue to export old tyres and other waste – in some cases toxic – to the Czech Republic.
Over the past two decades, millions of tonnes of waste have been dumped in Mydlovary – including significant volumes from neighbouring Germany, a country championed for its waste separation and recycling systems. According to the managing director of one German waste disposal company, Mydlovary is ‘the biggest hole in Europe’ for rubbish dumping.
Where Europe is dumping its problematic waste
How European companies dump old tyres and hazardous waste in the Czech Republic to cover radioactive sludge from the nuclear industry’s pastMarius Münstermann (CORRECTIV)
