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Nestlé Waters on trial in France over illegal waste dumps (www.swissinfo.ch)
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Nestlé is being prosecuted for allegedly “illegally abandoned” between 2021 and 2024 waste in the form of “water bottles, glass, polymers” for a total volume of 346,000 cubic metres at Contrexeville (equivalent to the volume of 92 Olympic swimming pools) and 27,000 cubic meteres at Saint-Ouen-Lès-Parey (equivalent to seven Olympic swimming pools), each time constituting “an unauthorised dumping ground causing substantial environmental degradation”, notes the court in its notice of hearing consulted by AFP.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Never heard of anyone tried for microplastic pollution before. This gonna be interesting

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Guillotine seems very French in this situation.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Will any execs go to prison?

[–] AnUnusualRelic 8 points 1 week ago

No, but they will get a stern talking to.