The recent toxic spill in Hungary, which threatens to spread along the Danube river and endanger ecosystems, has triggered worries about Romania's own sledge beds, some of which have yet to be properly taken care of after the end of industrial activities in certain areas of the country.  There are 17 such toxic residues deposits in Romania, according to local newspaper Ziarul Financiar, the biggest of these sludge bed being owned by Minvest Deva, with 290 hectares in total in Hunedoara, Harghita, Alba and Cluj. Second in lines come the sludge bed from Cuprumin Abrud, of 271 hectares in Alba.

Two sludge beds similar to the ones in Mal, Hungary, where the recent ecological accident took place, are located near the aluminum factories Alum in Tulcea and Cemtrade in Oradea, according to Ziarul Financiar.

Read more about the recent ecological disaster in Hungary here and here.

Romania-insider.com

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