38. Puto, Croatia - EUROPE

There are still 250 tons of ash lying around the incinerator site of former hazardous waste incinerator. While no POPs testing results have been made public the levels are likely be significant and heavy metal contamination exceeds limit values.

Source categories of waste contamination by POPs:

  Waste Incineration
  Landfilling/dumping/open burning of wastes

Data about POPs levels in different environment compartments:

  Soil/sediment
  Waste residue

POPs - Persistent Organic Pollutants:

  Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (dioxins)
  Polychlorinated Biphenyls