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

Landfill Points to High Waste Volume After Flooding

Following tips, the landfill was subjected to an unannounced on-site inspection on Thursday, including business interruption, test digs, as well as interrogations and interviews. "Material that does not meet the requirements for landfilling" was 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 the groundwater was ruled out.

The owner of the landfill told ORF Lower Austria that due to the high volume of waste after the flooding in September, the interim storage of many waste treatment plants would be bursting at the seams. "Thus, for a few weeks now, several thousand cubic meters of waste have been piling up at the St. Pölten landfill, which can only be processed successively due to lack of capacity," the company said. "Due to a logistics error, individual loads were temporarily stored in the wrong place." It was also emphasized that the materials found were non-hazardous waste, "the acceptance of which is approved at the site."

(APA/Red)

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