BBC file in 4 research
Getty ImagesThe Environmental Agency (EA) launched a comprehensive examination of the sending of waste tires from England to India.
Last week, the BBC file in 4 Instruction heard that millions of these tires were sent for recycling – In fact, “cooked” in makeshift ovensto cause serious health problems and environmental damage.
The dirty -fighter printing group threatened legal proceedings against EA in what it calls “lack of action” about tire exports.
EA asked the group to wait until his own review was completed, and he also asked the 4 Instruption to share the evidence caused by the investigation of the file.
The UK produces approximately 50 million waste tires (approximately 700,000 tons) each year. According to official figures, approximately half of them are exported to India and the so -called recycling.
However BBC file in 4 research He revealed that 70% of the tires exported from the rest of the world to the UK and the rest of the world were sent to temporary industrial plants where they “cooked” to remove a dust or pellet that can be used in various industries – steel, small oil and carbon black.
The conditions in these plants – most of them in rural rear waters – can be poisonous and harmful and potentially dangerous for public health.
In January, two women and two children were killed in a explosion at a facility in the Western state of Maharashtra, where European tires were processed.
A BBC team visited the site and saw the institution, vegetation and dirty waterways. The villagers complained about permanent cough and eye problems.
Following the publications, the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), BBC file 4 research, said the EA officials and lawyers, including any potential criminal activity, including the allegations of the program “very willing”, he said.
In a letter by BBC, EA lawyers said that our investigation will be carefully evaluated as a part of a investigation in which we started to approach waste shipments.
He added that EA was working to be involved in the relevant environmental authorities in India, and that he took steps to organize a delegation to discuss with the authorities this year.
Fighting with the dirty founder Georgia Elliott-Smith, who has been corresponding to EA since 2023, said that this is a “great victory for the group” and “the government should stop taking a blind look at illegal and immoral activity”.
