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🇫🇮 Yle Uutiset
National & Local

Alert of a major building fire in Mänttä-Vilppula

Emergency services in Pirkanmaa have responded to a major building fire in Mänttä-Vilppula, where nearly thirty rescue units have been dispatched to the scene.

Feb 27 • 16:42 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
National & Local

Let's Fix the Legal System That Leaves 'Death Alone' Untended

The rising trend of solitary deaths in South Korea highlights a legal gap in handling the biological waste left behind, which is currently treated as regular waste instead of hazardous medical waste.

Feb 23 • 10:08 UTC
🇪🇪 Postimees
National & Local

Dangerous waste will soon provide indoor heating and electricity

A hazardous waste incineration plant in Tartu, Estonia, is set to start testing a new facility that is seven times more powerful than the existing one, which currently processes nearly 2000 tons of waste annually.

Feb 20 • 02:00 UTC
🇱🇹 Lrytas
National & Local

Media: 'aušrietis' T. Domarkas questioned in investigation regarding illegally buried hazardous waste

Lithuanian MP T. Domarkas is under investigation for possible environmental damage related to illegal waste disposal linked to his father's property.

Feb 12 • 05:59 UTC
🇱🇹 15min
Crime & Justice

Tomas Domarkas, the 'Aušrietis', was questioned last year in a case regarding hazardous waste buried on his father's property

Tomas Domarkas is under investigation for burying hazardous construction waste on his father's land, with serious environmental damage reported.

Feb 12 • 05:43 UTC
🇭🇷 Index.hr
National & Local

The Pit Near Rijeka Where Hazardous Waste Was Disposed Is Still Not Remediated

The remediation of the Sovjak pit, one of Croatia's largest ecological disaster sites, has been halted due to significant delays, leaving the fate of hazardous waste in Viškovo uncertain.

Feb 6 • 06:23 UTC
🇲🇽 Milenio (ES)
National & Local

Pemex reduces its inventory of hazardous waste by 10% by the end of 2025

Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) has achieved a 10% reduction in its hazardous waste inventory by the end of 2025 as part of its environmental commitment, attributed to improved operational control and comprehensive waste management.

Feb 6 • 02:50 UTC
🇬🇷 Proto Thema
Crime & Justice

Albania: Twenty arrests in the investigation of hazardous waste trafficking

An investigation by the Durres prosecutor's office has led to twenty arrests related to the trafficking of 2,800 tons of toxic waste from a steel mill.

Feb 4 • 12:49 UTC
🇪🇪 Postimees
Crime & Justice

Albania Toxic Waste Scandal: 33 Officials and Business Leaders Arrested Over Smuggling of Dangerous Waste

Albania is shaken by a vast environmental crime scandal involving 102 containers of toxic industrial waste, leading to the arrest of 33 high-ranking officials, customs workers, and business leaders suspected of attempting to conceal and illegally export hazardous substances.

Feb 4 • 07:03 UTC
🇫🇮 Iltalehti
National & Local

A Strong Accusation Against Antti Kaikkonen – "Citizens Suffer"

Antti Kaikkonen faces serious accusations from the opposition regarding the handling of waste imported to Finland, raising concerns about the potential dangers of hazardous materials.

Feb 2 • 18:39 UTC
🇫🇮 Iltalehti
National & Local

Enough is enough: "We need to rein in waste transport"

Antti Kaikkonen, chairman of the Center Party, expresses serious concern about imported waste to Finland, including hazardous waste, urging against the unsustainable trend of Finland becoming a dumping ground.

Feb 2 • 11:59 UTC
🇪🇸 elDiario.es
Crime & Justice

"We are not going to dump anything there": the company promoting the controversial landfill in a town in Albacete speaks

The waste management company, Ambiental Bazul S.L., addresses public controversy over their planned non-hazardous waste treatment plant and landfill in Fuente-Álamo, Albacete.

Jan 8 • 11:36 UTC
🇩🇪 SZ
National & Local

Markt Schwaben: Construction Waste Near School Worries Parents

A concerned father has raised alarms about potentially hazardous materials, possibly asbestos, stored near a school in Markt Schwaben, heightening parental anxiety about children's safety.

Jan 6 • 09:12 UTC
🇭🇷 Večernji List
Crime & Justice

The Šincek couple after 10 months is released from Remetinec at the request of USKOK

Josip and Monika Šincek, arrested in February for allegedly organizing the import and storage of 35 tons of hazardous waste, are to be released from Remetinec following USKOK's request to replace their investigative detention with precautionary measures.

Dec 30 • 15:00 UTC
🇬🇧 Guardian
Crime & Justice

Hundreds of Detroit home demolition sites may have been filled with toxic dirt

Many home demolition sites in Detroit have been potentially backfilled with hazardous construction debris, posing a significant public health risk to local neighborhoods.

Dec 29 • 16:00 UTC
🇭🇷 Večernji List
Crime & Justice

More than 90 locations in Croatia are suffocating in garbage: Illegal burial of medical and plastic waste in three cities

In 2025, illegal waste disposal, including hazardous types, became a critical issue in Croatia, prompting Uskok to investigate a case involving the illegal burial of thousands of cubic meters of medical and plastic waste imported from Italy and Slovenia in the cities of Varaždin, Gospić, and Benkovac.

Dec 27 • 11:11 UTC

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