Czechs probe Polish claims of illegal toxic waste transfer

Polish authorities say toxic Czech waste from one of the country’s worst dumps has been illegally shipped across the border

Companies|Energy & Green Biz

Chris Johnstone | 12.10.2011

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Poles suspect some of this toxic Czech sludge has been shipped across the border illegally

The so-called Ostrama lagoons near the center of the Czech industrial city of Ostrava are notorious as one of the Czech Republic’s worst examples of pollution. Polish authorities are now claiming that some of the toxic sludge from the three lagoons has been shipped across the border and should be immediately returned to the sender.

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