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Further investigations will be necessary at the St. Pölten landfill, which has been temporarily closed due to possible illegal waste disposal. The focus is now on evaluating the results achieved so far and preparing for the inspection of the entire area, it was said on Friday at the request of the state of Lower Austria. In the meantime, the landfill operator has justified himself.

Following advice, the landfill was subjected to an unannounced on-site inspection on Thursday, including a cessation of activities, test excavations, as well as questioning and interviews. “Materials that do not meet landfill requirements” were found, the Department of Environmental and Plant Law of the State of Lower Austria subsequently announced. The result was a temporary closure. An immediate threat to groundwater has been ruled out.

The owner of the landfill told ORF Lower Austria that due to the high volume of waste after the September floods, the temporary storages of many waste treatment plants would be full to bursting. “Thus, for several weeks, several thousand cubic meters of waste have been accumulating at the St. Pölten landfill, which can only be processed successively due to lack of capacity,” the company said. “Due to a logistical error, individual shipments were temporarily stored in the wrong location.” It was also emphasized that the materials found were non-hazardous waste, “which is approved for acceptance on site.”

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