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Lessons from the Hungarian Red Mud Disaster

Summary

This resolution reviews the 2010 Hungarian red mud disaster and calls for stricter EU-wide waste classification, safer disposal technologies, and improved industrial accident prevention.
10 08.10.2015
Other
environment
public safety
social policy
waste management
administrative law

Key points

In force from 08/10/2015
  • The resolution commemorates the victims of the 2010 Hungarian industrial disaster and notes its massive environmental impact.
  • There is a call to ensure red mud is correctly classified as hazardous waste across all Member States to prevent flawed industrial permits.
  • The motion urges a complete shift from liquid waste storage to safer dry disposal technologies by the end of 2016.
  • It calls for stronger, independent national environmental inspection bodies to conduct regular and transparent controls of industrial sites.
Documents (PDFs)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on lessons learned from the red mud disaster, five years after the accident in Hungary Lessons learned from the red mud disaster five years after the accident in Hungary
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