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The executive director of the Basel Network, Jim Puckett, who raised the alarm and made it possible for containers with hazardous waste from the port of Durrës to be blocked, has stated that they discovered the waste after information provided by an informant.
He stated that the information received was verified with evidence and photos leading to the blocking of these containers, which he said contain dangerous toxic materials.
" We were given this information by an informant who was afraid to reveal who he is to the world. We were careful to verify the information, we obtained photos of the cargoes and evidence of cargoes passed to China that were intercepted by the Chinese in April. We discovered the same containers being loaded in the port of Durrës with a brown material. That material was analyzed by the Chinese to have more than 8 percent lead, which makes it a hazardous waste. All the figures sent by the informants told us about a real problem, even though these 102 containers that we asked to be returned have not been analyzed. We are 95 percent sure that it is waste produced by industry, from furnace dust, toxic waste according to the Basel Convention. We are not quite sure about the material. For me it is extraordinary that you have that material in the port of Durrës and leave it open, you cannot leave such material open. Without anyone knowing what it contains, the dangers if it rains, if the wind blows can spread this material. We saw photos of how they were being loaded, with a tractor to bring them inside the container, they were not sealed ", he said on the Now show on Euronews Albania.
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