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Urecycle is allowed to ship “black mass” to Finland and Norway, but not to Poland and Bulgaria, according to Caliber from SR and P4 Örebro.
The “black mass” is dangerous for humans and animals, as it is made up of heavy metals such as zinc and manganese.
– It’s about illegal transportation of waste, says Ulrika Hagelin, administrator of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, on the radio.
In Poland, 30 percent of the “black mass” has been recycled. The rest has been used, among other things, to build roads in the country.
Previously, the company had had a bad time in connection with Expressen’s disclosure that almost 2,000 tonnes of “black pulp” were buried in central Sweden.
In May of this year, four responsible were sentenced to prison for a serious environmental crime, including a manager of the company in question.
This is the “battery scandal”
• In December 2019, Expressen was able to reveal that so-called “black pulp” from battery recycling had been dumped and buried, including on arable land in Kumla.
• The Finnish company Urecycle, based in Karlskoga, paid subcontractors, including the company LMAG, to handle the material, which was instead distributed to various locations in Sweden. The waste contained dangerously high levels of heavy metals.
• Four 50-year-old men were prosecuted after the environmental scandal and all were convicted of a serious environmental crime by the Örebro District Court. According to the ruling, they have handled almost 1,898 tonnes of hazardous waste in the form of the so-called “black mass”, and the waste has been transported from Karlskoga and buried around properties in Kumla, Örebro and Eskilstuna.
