Aluminium Slag Portugal / Switzerland

A Greenpeace truck with a banner saying: 'SUIÇA LIMPA À CUSTA DE PORTUGAL. ELA É RESPONSÁVEL POR ESTES RESÍDUOS: O LIXO A QUEM O PRODUZ!' translated in English: 'SWITZERLAND IS CLEANING AT THE EXPENSE OF PORTUGAL. IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WASTE. HAZARDOUS WASTE BACK TO SENDER!' is transporting from the 4th till the 7th of November 10 tons of aluminium slag from Setubal in Portugal back to Basel in Switzerland.

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Unique identifier: GP020V9

Type: Image

Shoot date: 04/11/1993

Locations: Europe, West Europe, Portugal, Setúbal

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Mark Warford

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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Toxics Action Aluminium Slag Portugal / Switzerland

Greenpeace activists collected 10 tons of aluminium slag from a Portugese waste dump and spent three days transporting it to the Swiss/French border (November 4th till 7th). The slag was originally sent to Portugal from Switzerland to be recycled. However the facilities 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.

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