Brofiscin Quarry

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La carrière de Brofiscin (en anglais : Brofiscin Quarry) est une ancienne carrière de calcaire située à (en), près de Llantrisant en Galles du Sud. Elle a été désignée comme Site d'Intérêt Scientifique Spécial en raison de ses formations géologiques datant du début du Carbonifère. Des déchets toxiques y ont été déversés pendant sept ans (notamment des PCB). Le site a été recouvert d'une barrière étanche en 2011. rdf:langString
Brofiscin Quarry, Groes Faen is a disused limestone quarry in Groes-faen, near Llantrisant in South Wales. It was used for about seven years for the dumping of toxic waste including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and was capped in 2011. Some 72 000m3 / 80 000 tonnes of material was dumped here. Prior to its remediation, The Guardian described the site as "one of the most contaminated places in Britain." The level of pollution is such that it featured in an international conference discussing remediation of contaminated land. These events were described by The Ecologist magazine as "one of the biggest environmental crimes to have occurred in the UK". and the key witness at an Environmental Agency inquiry on 2006 ended up needing to live under police protection. The company using this disp rdf:langString
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rdf:langString Brofiscin Quarry, Groes Faen is a disused limestone quarry in Groes-faen, near Llantrisant in South Wales. It was used for about seven years for the dumping of toxic waste including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and was capped in 2011. Some 72 000m3 / 80 000 tonnes of material was dumped here. Prior to its remediation, The Guardian described the site as "one of the most contaminated places in Britain." The level of pollution is such that it featured in an international conference discussing remediation of contaminated land. These events were described by The Ecologist magazine as "one of the biggest environmental crimes to have occurred in the UK". and the key witness at an Environmental Agency inquiry on 2006 ended up needing to live under police protection. The company using this disposal site also used the nearby Maendy Quarry.
rdf:langString La carrière de Brofiscin (en anglais : Brofiscin Quarry) est une ancienne carrière de calcaire située à (en), près de Llantrisant en Galles du Sud. Elle a été désignée comme Site d'Intérêt Scientifique Spécial en raison de ses formations géologiques datant du début du Carbonifère. Des déchets toxiques y ont été déversés pendant sept ans (notamment des PCB). Le site a été recouvert d'une barrière étanche en 2011.
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