Environmental damage
Recovered 50 tires from the river
Employees of the IBZ St. Marienthal Foundation in Ostritz, Saxony, have removed a large amount of waste from the river during the “Clean Neisse” campaign, including a lot of old tires –
Lots of old tires: community offers reward
In a forest near the municipality of Hünfelden, over 120 illegally dumped old tires were discovered – which the municipality must now dispose of at great expense. Therefore, Hünfelden has offered a reward of
Spain's great "tire graveyard" now burned down
Over the Pentecost weekend of May 14-15, an exorbitant waste tire dump in Spain went up in flames. Now, the "largest illegal waste tire dump in Europe" has largely burned down. The responsible authorities
Burning tire mountain triggers major alarm in Spain!
In Spain, a national disaster alert was triggered due to a massive fire at an illegal landfill site—which is also the largest waste tire storage facility in Europe—near the town of Seseña. The fire department
Tire Firestarter strikes for the second time!
In the night of May 6th, a 40-meter-long factory building on an industrial site in Wiesenburg caught fire – exactly one month after a similar fire in a
Illegal disposal of used tires in a forest in Haltern
Several hundred worn-out tires were discovered on the federal highway 58 between Haltern and Lippramsdorf – apparently illegally disposed of. Who is responsible remains unclear. The truly curious thing:
Used tires in the forest: waste disposal company is exposed
Laziness or greed combined with a complete lack of environmental awareness can sometimes have a very negative impact on economic activity. The Groß-Gerau Forestry Office, together with the Federal Association of Tire and Vulcanization Trades (BRV) and the
Tire deposit in the landscape protection area
Yesterday, a large quantity of old tires were found in a nature reserve near Hamburg, endangering the groundwater. A local resident who happened to wander into a wooded area while looking for his dog