Kommunekemi Incinerator Action

Banner hanging over a vast landfill of ash from the Kommunekemi waste incinerator plant, Denmark. Heavy metals in the ash are leached out by the rain to contaminate the sea. Also, heavy metals, toxic gases and an unknown number of dangerous compounds escape from the incinerator stack.

Unique identifier: GP0M3Q

Type: Image

Shoot date: 21/03/1990

Locations: Denmark, Scandinavia

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Jorgensen

Size: 5751px × 3676px 7MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Kommunekemi Incinerator Action

Action against the Kommunekemi Incinerator. A 1990 Greenpeace investigation of the Danish national toxic waste incinerator shows that toxic heavy metals are leaking from the landfill area used by Kommunekemi to dump its ash. In the adjacent Kattegat Sea, researchers found a 300% increase of metals in mussels, since government tests were conducted in 1984. The incineration plant also spews toxins into the atmosphere and through sewage to the sea.

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