Article 724N9 Aging landfills in the UK risk leaking toxic waste into communities

Aging landfills in the UK risk leaking toxic waste into communities

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editors@theworld.org (Leana Hosea)
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Across the UK and Europe, thousands of aging landfills are at risk of leaking toxic waste. That's in part due to climatedriven flooding and erosion. A joint investigation by a UK-based environmental journalism nonprofit, Watershed Investigations, and Investigate Europe mapped more than 60,000 sites and found that 30% lie within flood zones. Watershed's Leana Hosea has the story.

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