Overview
- Dortmund prosecutors confirmed contaminated soil was deposited at two Kamp-Lintfort sites, Rossenrayer Feld and Hedgestraße, with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons found and legal backfill criteria missed.
- Investigators listed further suspect areas including Garzweiler, Selfkant, Erkelenz, Wassenberg, Bochum’s former Zeche Amalia, Gelsenkirchen’s Graf Bismarck site, and a habitat area in Recklinghausen.
- Findings indicate the Kamp-Lintfort material is not classified as the most dangerous waste, while authorities say Wassenberg appears to contain mostly non‑dangerous soil.
- Roughly 40 suspects are under investigation for allegedly falsifying delivery and weigh documents to dump tainted earth cheaply, with more than 50,000 suspected fake weigh slips seized in April raids.
- Prosecutors cautioned that current samples are snapshots rather than representative surveys but said there are sufficient indications of larger volumes of contaminated fill, spurring calls for transparent cleanup plans and tighter controls.