Cases / Water use · Germany · 2023
German waters hold 1.6 million tonnes of munitions; Baltic to be disposal pilot
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
EUWID reported that German waters hold about 1.6 million tonnes of munitions, with 100 million euros allocated for disposal up to 2025. The sources reviewed do not set out the effect on the marine environment.
What?
German waters hold about 1.6 million tonnes of munitions, and the Baltic Sea was to become a pilot region for their disposal. EUWID Recycling
Where?
German waters of the Baltic Sea, according to the EUWID headline. EUWID Recycling
When?
Reported in 2023; budget allocated up to 2025. EUWID Recycling
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
A budget of 100 million euros was allocated for munitions disposal up to 2025, and the Baltic Sea was to become a pilot region. EUWID Recycling
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who
What happened
The record, in order.
EUWID reported that German waters hold about 1.6 million tonnes of munitions.
EUWID reported that 100 million euros had been allocated to disposal up to 2025.
EUWID reported that the Baltic Sea was to become a pilot region for munitions disposal.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say who gains, loses or is harmed by the munitions or the disposal programme.
- None on record The sources reviewed give no figures for the North Sea part of the case.
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: about 5,000 tonnes of chemical munitions; the cited EUWID item does not give this figure.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say what disposal method is planned or how long clearance would take.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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Press and investigations
- Ostsee wird Pilotregion für MunitionsentsorgungEUWID Recycling · 2023