Cases / Waste management · Germany · 2012
Herfa-Neurode underground store buried 2.8 million tonnes of hazardous waste
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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.
Hesse's environment ministry reported in 2012 that 2.8 million tonnes of hazardous waste had been buried at Herfa-Neurode, about 30 per cent of it from abroad. The sources reviewed do not describe the environmental effects.
What?
2.8 million tonnes of waste were buried at Herfa-Neurode, about 30 per cent from abroad. Hesse Ministry of Environment
Where?
Herfa-Neurode, Hesse, Germany Hesse Ministry of Environment
When?
Reported in 2012; the burial period is not stated in the source. Hesse Ministry of Environment
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Hazardous waste, including incineration filter dust, was buried underground. Hesse Ministry of Environment
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who
What happened
The record, in order.
Hesse's environment ministry reported in a 2012 written report that 2.8 million tonnes of waste had been buried at Herfa-Neurode.
The same report said about 30 per cent of the waste came from abroad and included filter dust from incineration.
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
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: burial ran until 2011.
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: K+S reversed a 2028 pledge to end discharges into the Werra river and seeks a new permit to 2039. This item has no source URL.
- None on record The Hesse source does not name the operator, the permit terms or any monitoring.
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
- Schriftlicher Bericht der MinisterinHesse Ministry of Environment · 2012
Connected cases
Related matters, and cases linked to this one through the same organisations, with the role each played in both.
- K+S: Werra salt discharge and Monte Kali Germany · 2015–2039
- K+S (Company) — here: operator of the Herfa-Neurode store, named in narrative text but not in the Hesse source; there: Potash producer; discharge permit holder; operator of Herfa-Neurode