Blockade of SNIACE Pulp and Paper Plant in Spain

Greenpeace action against the SNIACE pulp and paper company, Torrelavega, Northern Spain. Discharge from the plant was piped into barrels by Greenpeace volunteers, and used to blockade the factory in protest at pollution of the Besaya River by the plant.

Unique identifier: GP0LMM

Type: Image

Shoot date: 03/07/1991

Locations: Europe, West Europe, Spain, Torrelavega

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Jordi Cami

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Blockade of SNIACE Pulp and Paper Plant in Spain

Greenpeace action against the SNIACE pulp and paper company, Torrelavega, Northern Spain. Discharge from the plant was piped into barrels by Greenpeace volunteers, and used to blockade the factory in protest at pollution of the Besaya River by the plant. Greenpeace activists chained themselves to the barrels at the factory gates.

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