Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Aluminium-Slag-Portugal---Switzerland-27MZIFIWCFK8.htmlConceptually similarAluminium Slag Portugal / SwitzerlandGP0FKPCompleted★★★★Aluminium Slag Portugal / SwitzerlandGP020VACompleted★★★★Aluminium Slag Portugal / SwitzerlandGP021KGCompleted★★★★Aluminium Slag Portugal / SwitzerlandGP020V3Completed★★★★Aluminium Slag Portugal / SwitzerlandGP0E2UCompleted★★★★★★Aluminium Slag Portugal / SwitzerlandGP021KHCompleted★★★★Aluminium Slag Portugal / SwitzerlandGP020V6Completed★★★★Aluminium Slag Portugal / SwitzerlandGP021KFCompleted★★★★★★Aluminium Slag Portugal / SwitzerlandGP0UIKCompleted★★★★View AllGP021KEAluminium Slag Portugal / SwitzerlandGreenpeace activists arrived at the Swiss/French border with a truck full of aluminium slag from Portugal. On the truck is a banner reading: 'DIE SCHWEIZ LÄSST IHREN MÜLL ILLELGAL IN PORTUGAL. ALU-SUISSE RECYCLING IST BETRUG. GIFTMÜLL ZURÜCK AN ABSENDER ' translated in English: 'SWITZERLAND DEPOSITS THEIR WASTE ILLELGAL IN PORTUGAL. ALU-SUISSE RECYCLING IS FRAUD. HAZARDOUS WASTE BACK TO SENDER!' Some activists with gas mask are cleaning the truck while others are showing a banner with a toxic symbol.The waste was collected in Setubal, Portugal, by Greenpeace and transported across Spain and France back to Switzerland where it was denied entry by customs officials. The waste was originally exported from Switzerland to Portugal for recycling.In original language:Schweizer Alu-Giftmüll aus Portugal zurück!Basel – Die Umweltorganisation Greenpeace ist heute Dienstag am Basler Grenzübergang St. Louis mit rund zehn Tonnen giftiger Alusalzschlacke aus Portugal eingetroffen. Bereits mehrmals hat Portugal von den Schweizer Behörden gefordert, für den Rücktransport des Sondermülls zu sogen, den die Alu-Suisse-Tochter Refonda illegal nach Portugal exportiert hatte. Doch das BUWAL bleibt untätig und die Refonda drückt sich vor ihrer Verantwortung. Greenpeace hat nun gegen beide Strafanklage eingereicht. Insagesamt 30'000 Tonnen dioxin- und schwermetallhaltige Sonderbafälle aus der Schweiz lagern seit 1987 unbehandelt unter freiem Himmel und gefährden die Umwelt der portugiesischen Hafenstadt Setubal.Locations:Alpine Countries-Basel-Europe-SwitzerlandDate:7 Nov, 1993Credit:© Greenpeace / Dominik LabhardtMaximum size:3072px X 2048pxRestrictions:FOR NON-COMMERCIAL GREENPEACE PUBLISHED MATERIAL. NO FUNDRAISING OR SALES. FOR ALL EXTERNAL ENQUIRIES PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL PHOTO REPRESENTATIVE OR GREENPEACE INTERNATIONAL PHOTO LIBRARY.Keywords:Actions and protests-Banners-Day-Direct communications-Gas masks-Greenpeace activists-KWCI (GPI)-Outdoors-Toxic symbol-Toxic waste-Toxics (campaign title)-Transportation-TrucksShoot:Toxics Action Aluminium Slag Portugal / SwitzerlandGreenpeace activists arrived today at the Swiss/French border with 10 tons of aluminium slag. Greenpeace collected the slag from a Portugese waste dump and spent three days transporting it to Basel (November 4th till 7th). The slag was originally sent to Portugal from Switzerland to be recycled. However the faciltities were not available and 30'000 tons of hazardous waste were dumping in the open unprotected since 1987. The waste is endangering the environmental of the Portuguese City Setubal.Already several times Portugal demanded the Swiss authorities to provide for the return of the hazardous waste which Refonda, a subsidiary of Alu-Suisse, has transported illegaly to Portugal. But the Federal Office for the Environment fails to act and Refonda shirks its responsibility. Greenpeace submit accusaition against both of them.
