They classify the defective batteries as ordinary goods and do not label the shipment as hazardous; they transport them to warehouses in Hungary and then on to Poland.
Despite handling hazardous materials, the authorities did not require the battery waste processing plant to acquire an environmental permit.
Workers have been continuously exposed to carcinogens at the plant of the Korean SungEel company. The town is trying to block the renewal of the factory's permit in court.
According to local civil society groups, the company's site pollutes a nature reserve and endangers the drinking water of nearby settlements.
According to documents and video recordings obtained by Átlátszó, a fire and explosion occurred during testing at the SK Battery Manufacturing Kft. factory in Komárom.
Telex cites leaked internal documents showing that shortly before Átlátszó was targeted by the Sovereignty Protection Office, the management of the Samsung battery factory was discussing ways to shot down our investigations into their pollution.
While the Ministry of Agriculture says everything is fine with Hungary’s forests, large sections of protected forests are being cut down to fuel biomass power plants.
The court's decision has been illegally overruled by the government, which has ruled that the factory can continue to operate even without an environmental permit.
The Budapest Regional Court annulled the environmental permit of the Samsung battery factory of Göd, ruling that the permit was issued illegally.
In a video report, we took a look at how water projects carried out by Mészáros and Mészáros Zrt. are progressing in Göd, Iváncsa and Debrecen, the sites of the largest Hungarian battery factories.
Lőrinc Mészáros’s company continues to receive billions in public money to build waterworks for the battery plant which they were supposed to complete a year ago.
