Poland files EU complaint over illegal waste imports from Germany

Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/poland-files-eu-complaint-over-illegal-waste-imports-germany-2023-07-26/

Author: Marek Strzelecki and Pawel Florkiewicz; editing by John Stonestreet

Warsaw is filing a complaint to the European Commission against Berlin for allegedly failing to remove waste illegally transported from Germany to Poland and stored there, Climate Minister Anna Moskwa said on Wednesday.

Some 35,000 tonnes of waste was illegally moved to Poland by German companies and stored at seven sites and has not been removed despite several formal requests, she said, without specifying the sites' locations or when the waste was stored.