BP delivers dirty oil production waste to E.ON coal plant for burning
British oil company BP is disposing of oil production waste, which possibly contains elements harmful to humans, by delivering it to energy company E.ON for burning in a Gelsenkirchen coal plant, J眉rgen D枚schner and Jochen Ta脽ler report for public broadcaster WDR. BP delivers up to 100 tonnes per day of the waste in compressed 鈥渙il pellets鈥� to E.ON鈥檚 plant in the western German city of Gelsenkirchen, after obtaining a license from local authorities to trade their 鈥減roduct鈥�, the article says. However, experts like environmental lawyer Martin F眉hr say this is wrong, as BP鈥檚 鈥減roduct鈥� has not been given a license in accordance with the European Chemicals Directive REACH. But the oil company and the local authorities insist the procedure is legal. The authors say BP founded a task force for 鈥渞educing pellet costs鈥� several years ago and has achieved a 鈥渃ost-neutral鈥� way of disposing of the pellets that contain hazardous materials like nickel, vanadium and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH).
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