Nearly 30,000 tonnes of sewage sludge containing human waste to enter UK
by Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#57MXZ)
Shipment from Amsterdam has been approved despite health concerns, FoI request reveals
Sewage sludge containing human waste from the Netherlands has been passed for import to the UK, to be used on farmland as fertiliser, despite concerns over the safety of its use.
Spreading the sludge on farmland is banned in the Netherlands, where incineration is preferred, but allowed in the UK. Dutch water authorities are eyeing the UK as a possible destination for their sewage, after problems at an Amsterdam incineration company left them lacking disposal options.
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