StocaMine: Alsace Will Appeal Against Definitive Containment of Toxic Waste

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The court found that the destocking of 42,000 tonnes of waste (cyanide, arsenic, mercury...) was no longer safe, particularly due to the deterioration of infrastructure.

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The European Community of Alsace (CEA) announced on Wednesday that it would appeal the judgment authorizing the definitive confinement of toxic waste on the site of Stocamine in Wittelsheim (Haut-Rhin), worried about a "serious environmental and health threat". The court...

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On Wednesday 18 June, the European Community of Alsace announced that it would appeal the judgment of the Administrative Court of Strasbourg, which validated the State's decision to permanently confiscate 42,000 tonnes of toxic waste in the former Stocamine mine in Wittelsheim. "No serious assessment has been made on the possibility of partial, progressive destocking," the CEA regrets.