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After China ban, Romania hit by illegal waste imports

After China ban, Romania hit by illegal waste imports Despite having the second-lowest waste-recycling rates in the EU, Romania has become overflowing with waste and garbage - most of it brought in illegally from abroad (Photo: epsos.de) Bucharest, Today, 07:03 Despite having the second-lowest waste-recycling rates in the European Union, Romania has become overflowing with waste and garbage - most of it brought in illegally from abroad. This week, 189 tonnes of waste from Italy were discovered in the yard of a company from Bihor county, in western Romania. The country s environmental guard control established that those importing the waste had no facility to recycle it, and it would most likely will end up in illegal landfills.

Crime networks suspected of burning tech waste for scrap metal in Romania

Crime networks suspected of burning tech waste for scrap metal in Romania Reuters 2 hrs ago By Luiza Ilie © Reuters/INQUAM PHOTOS Octavian Berceanu, Chief of the National Environmental Guard, looks at piles of trash gathered on a plain in Sintesti village, Ilfov By Luiza Ilie SINTESTI, Romania (Reuters) - In the villages surrounding Romanian capital Bucharest, the fires burning discarded electronic kit and car parts for scrap metal never stop. A month of near daily raids has uncovered what appear to be organised crime networks recruiting long-ignored poor villagers to burn the waste, Romania s environment enforcement chief said. Commissioners from the Environmental Guard, part of the Environment Ministry, have seen scores of illegal fires in backyards, fields carpeted with trash or near river beds during their swoops on the villages.

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