Lithuanian cardboard manufacturer hit with €48m claim for polluting Curonian Lagoon
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„Grigeo Klaipėda“ / R. Rumšienės/LRT nuotr.
Lithuanian authorities have filed a 48-million-euro lawsuit against Grigeo Klaipėda, a cardboard manufacturer, for polluting the Curonian Lagoon. The damage has been calculated strictly based on the evidence and documents collected during the pre-trial investigation,” Olga Vebrienė, director of Lithuania’s Environmental Protection Department, said on Facebook on Tuesday.
In January last year, Grigeo Klaipėda was caught releasing untreated waste water into the Curonian Lagoon. According to the allegations, the company has been polluting the body of water on the edge of a UNESCO’s world heritage site, the Curonian Spit, for a number of years.