Toxic waste buried in the former Stocamine potash mine in Wittelsheim (Haut-Rhin) should be buried forever. Some 2,000 tonnes of waste (mercury, cyanide, arsenic, etc.) are stored in this old mine.
Initially, they were to be released no later than 2027. An interim appeal was filed before the Strasbourg administrative court, which ruled in their favor on November 7. The operator of the site, the company Mines de potasse d'Alsace, 100% owned by the State, then filed an appeal.