Tens of thousands of tonnes of potentially hazardous waste still need to be removed at the Gospić site in Croatia, with additional quantities still buried there.

Omissions

• Official Croatian sources describe the buried material as a mixture of hazardous AND non-hazardous waste combined with soil and rock in unknown proportions; characterising the whole quantity as 'potentially hazardous' overstates the hazardous share, though it is a defensible hedge given the mixture.
• The remediation is being implemented in four phases (with a ~€8.8 million, ~12-month work programme), so not all waste is necessarily 'still to be removed' at once; part of the process has moved to the tender/contracting stage.
• The Guardian source (2026-09-25) and other coverage were published after the session date of 2026-09-17; the MEP could not have cited that specific article, though the underlying figures were already public.

Sources

• PrimaryCroatian Ministry of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets (mpgi.gov.hr)This phase concerns around 33,000 tonnes of buried hazardous and non-hazardous waste mixed with soil and rock in unknown proportions, at a depth ... The second stage will tackle 650 tonnes of non-hazardous waste.
• PrimaryEnvironmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (FZOEU), CroatiaThe first phase involves the removal and disposal of approximately 4,500 tonnes of bulk hazardous waste located next to the silo. EWC code: 19 12 11*.
• SecondaryThe GuardianAt one of the biggest, just 50 metres from Šikić's home, an estimated 35,000 tonnes of waste, some of it hazardous, was dumped and buried.
• SecondaryDeutsche Welle (DW)Local environmental activists dispute the number of waste tons and say 37,000 tons had been illegally dumped in Gospic alone. Prosecutors ...