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How did German hazardous waste end up in this Czech village?

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Karl Harenbrock in Jirikov, Czech Republic
April 24, 2025

German companies have dumped hazardous waste in the small Czech village of Jirikov, which has no facilities to recycle the crushed-up car batteries, shredded hard drives and wind turbine blades. So how did they get here?

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