Previously, the total amount of waste at the sawmill was estimated at over 10,000 tonnes, of which just over 6,000 tonnes were classified as hazardous waste from the toxic piles with ground car parts.
Recently, the municipality redesigned the measurements with 3D technology to have correct information before a possible trial.
- When we recalculated, we checked the density of different materials and got a standard weight.
It has been exceeded by twice, says environmental inspector Mattias Pedersen.
The amount of unsorted rubbish is now estimated at 16,000 tonnes.
And the toxic piles of ground car parts also land at 16,000 tons.
A total of 32,000 tonnes of rubbish has been piled up in Marhult.
- And we have calculated quite low, says Mattias Pedersen about the measurement method.
Time consuming work
The recycling companies that rented out the sawmill site had to report to the municipality what type of waste activity they intended to conduct.
- The responsibility lies with the companies and the property owner, says environmental inspector Mattias Pedersen to SVT.
When the information about where the waste came from and how it was transported there did not appear, the municipality began to suspect that Marhult had become a place for illegal garbage dumping.
"Complicated legal situation"
The representatives of the company that left unsorted rubbish in Marhult had several bankruptcies behind them when they applied for environmentally hazardous activities with the municipality.
Could the municipality have guessed that something was not right?
- The Environment and Building Committee may not use the background of persons to deny someone's activities when it comes to waste activities.
Why has the municipality not done anything before?
- It only turns out after a while that you mismanaged a business.
Then we can use administrative tools, such as injunctions and fines, but all that takes time.
It is a complicated legal situation.
- One may ask whether the legislation should be reviewed when it comes to the waste industry, says Mattias Pedersen.
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