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Mixing waste into oil could cost Antwerp company dearly (apache.be)

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Mixing cheap chemical waste into marine fuel is extremely lucrative, but also illegal. For mixing waste with crude marine oil from Curaçao, the management of a large Antwerp oil bunkering company is facing three years in prison and a financial penalty of almost 3.7 million euros. To make their move, they also enlisted the help of a cabinet member of then Flemish environment minister Joke Schauvliege (CD&V).

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's always the frustrating thing when you read about topics like this: how easy it is to just do the wrong thing, and not get caught, and even if you get caught, it's sooo hard to get anything properly prosecuted....