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Illegal waste exports: German trial begins, Czech authorities file charges

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Illegally exported and dumped waste close to the town Jiříkov in the northeast of the Czech Republic
Part of the illegally exported waste was dumped at the Czech town of Jiříkov. It included fibreglass from wind turbine blades and other plastic composites.

A criminal trial is due to begin this week at the regional court in Weiden, Bavaria in connection with an illegal waste export case that has attracted widespread attention in both Germany and the Czech Republic.

The defendants are the former head of a waste management and recycling company and a Czech employee accused of organising illegal waste shipments to the Czech Republic and Poland. The court has scheduled twelve hearing days....

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