The district office confirms that the operator of the Puch gravel pit (formerly Stockinger gravel pit) in the west of the district town has applied for the establishment of a landfill for inert waste and wants to fill it with rubble, for example. According to a spokeswoman, the planning approval process has not yet been completed.Thomas Brückner from the local branch of the Federal Nature Conservation Association and BN district chairwoman Eugenie Scherb had criticized the fact that the approval...
A crucial new step for the National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management (Andra). An official request for authorization to create a Cigéo center for the disposal of the most radioactive waste in Bure (Meuse) has been submitted to the government. This request thus launches a long phase of investigation by the Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN), even if this burial center, a highly contested project, cannot be given the green light for several more years.The project aims to bury, 500 meters...
United States Remains found in landfill: Police arrest mother of missing toddler So far there is no trace of the two-year-old Quinton S. from the USA About a month ago, a little boy disappeared in the US state of Georgia. The police were at times looking for him with more than 40 FBI officers. Now mortal remains have been found in a landfill – and the child's mother has been arrested. It is still unclear whether the remains found at...
environmental protest Garbage crisis in Bolivia: Citizens fight against landfill Garbage is piling up on the streets of the Bolivian city after days of blockade by Cochabamba residents. photo © David Flores/dpa Residents of the city of Cochabamba blocked the entrance to the plant for days in protest at the location of a waste dump. Now the streets are covered in rubbish. For days, residents blocked access to a large landfill in Bolivia, sparking a garbage crisis. The blockade has...
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