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Nestlé Waters on trial in France over illegal waste dumps (www.swissinfo.ch)

submitted 6 months ago by StraponStratos@lemmy.sdf.org to c/world@quokk.au

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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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[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Will any execs go to prison?

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

No, but they will get a stern talking to.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 3 points 6 months ago

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