German-owned firm fined 7 million crows over illegal waste import

The Czech Environment Inspection has imposed a fine worth almost 7 million crowns on the company MTR Kladno, one of the major organisers of illegal waste imports from Germany. The German-owned company in cooperation with the Guenter Oertel company allegedly brought a total of 15,500 tonnes of waste to various sites in the Czech Republic over the last few years. The fine is the second largest sanction the Czech Environment Inspection has imposed on a waste importer. The highest fine, ten million crowns, was given to the Bau24 company.