Illegal waste from Norway. We have important information straight from Świnoujście. Environmental protection inspectors stopped the transport of 2300 tons of illegal waste from Norway to Poland. The contents were supposed to contain cork and wood. Instead, the ship received wooden chips contaminated with varnishes and paints, foil, upholstery sponge and scrap. Inspectors noticed inaccuracies and returned the "shipment" to the country of fjords. The whole situation was supposed to take place on Tuesday. What is disturbing is the fact that the harmful waste also included metals, fragments of fiberboards, laminated boards and upholstery sponge. What more do we know about this case?
Illegal waste from Norway flowed to Poland
Let's see how the experts look at the whole situation.
“It was a transport from a Norwegian company, which declared that this was waste that could travel to the so-called green list, i.e. without required permits. If such waste is not dangerous and does not pose any problems with recycling, the wood can travel quite freely around Europe.” – explained Agnieszka Borowska, spokeswoman for the Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection, in an interview with Wirtualna Polska.
Where is the root of the problem?
Illegal waste from Norway. The error was made at the stage of loading the goods. For some reason, waste appeared in the hold and should have been classified as so-called amber list i obtain permits Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection in Poland and Norway.
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