On an old sawmill site in Marhult, 32,000 tonnes of unsorted waste have been dumped.
Uppvidinge municipality has reported to the police one of the companies that transported the garbage there, and the real estate company that owns the land, for environmental crimes and unauthorized waste transport.
When the preliminary investigation started, it turned out that the rubbish dump in Marhult could be connected to one of Sweden's largest environmental crime sites.
But now the prosecutor has completed the Marhult investigation.
The justification is that it is not possible to prove who or which company has committed a crime.
- It's awful, to use a finer word.
You feel that they do not protect us out here, that they do not have the resources to catch up with us.
It has been established that a crime has been committed.
And we have flagged early and reported, says Marie Hammarström Linnér (S), chairman of the environment and building committee.
Not paid fine
In the autumn of 2021, the property got two new owners who said they were willing to clean up the garbage.
Both have previously been convicted of crimes, such as money laundering and bookkeeping crimes.
The municipality demanded that the new owners send in a decontamination plan to access the problem with the rats, otherwise they risked a fine of SEK 150,000 per month until the problem was solved.
But the municipality has not yet seen the smoke of any money.
- It is important that the new owners take responsibility.
We continue to fight with all the means at our disposal and do everything we can.
We do not give up, says Marie Hammarström Linnér (S).