Wednesday, February 29, 2012

NSW: Germans opposed to export of Australian toxic waste


AAP General News (Australia)
02-01-2007
NSW: Germans opposed to export of Australian toxic waste

The residents of four German cities have joined politicians and lobby groups in condemning
a plan by an Australian company to send toxic waste there to be destroyed.

Environmental group The National Toxics Network says hundreds of German community groups
and organisations have joined its opposition to the plan.

Chemicals company Orica wants to to send over 15 thousand tonnes of hexachlorobenzene
.. left over from solvent and plastics production .. to four German incinerators for destruction.

The German regional Environment Minister in the Rhine-Westphalia region .. ECKHARD
UHLENBERG .. has already called on the Australian government to reject Orica's application.

The federal Department of Environment and Heritage is reviewing Orica's proposal ..

with its findings expected to be handed to federal environment minister MALCOLM TURNBULL
for a decision within weeks.

AAP RTV dmc/was/wz/cp

KEYWORD: WASTE (SYDNEY)

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