Clean-up of former chemical plant in Ostrava to be completed by 2022

The cleaning up of toxic sludge left by the former chemical plant Ostramo in Ostrava should be completed by 2022, Minister of Industry and Trade Jan Mládek said on Friday. The most offensive waste is expected to be dealt with already by the end of 2016.The polluted lagoons remain one of the major ecological problems for the Czech Republic. Some 200,000 tonnes of waste was removed in the past but thousands more were unexpectedly uncovered. The winner of a tender to remove the additional sediment should be chosen by the end of March.

Author: Ruth Fraňková