Cases / Waste management · Norway · 2015
Swedish incinerator fly ash dumped on Langøya island in Norway
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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.
Swedish fly ash from waste incineration has been dumped on Langøya, an island in the Oslofjord in Norway, and chloride from it reaches the fjord, The Local reported. The sources reviewed give no measurement of the fjord or the island.
What?
Swedish fly ash from waste incineration was sent to Langøya island, Norway, according to The Local. The Local
Where?
Langøya island, Oslofjord, Norway. The Local
When?
Reported in May 2015. The Local
Who?
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Ash is sent from Sweden to Langøya; The Local reported that chloride from it mixes into the fjord. The Local
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
The Local reported in May 2015 that Swedish fly ash was being dumped on Langøya, an island in Norway.
The report said chloride from the ash reaches the fjord, and that Denmark counts the export as recycling.
The sources reviewed give no measurement of the fjord or the island.
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: the island's quarry is almost full (no source text given).
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: most of the dioxins in Swedish incinerator fly ash are in the ash sent to Langøya (no link in the sources reviewed).
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say which Swedish plants send ash to Norway.
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
- Sweden dumps toxic ash on Norway islandThe Local · 2015-05-11