I’m surprised and can still not really believe that it could happen. I have always enjoyed staying in Germany, and one of the reasons was that I found the towns and villages that I visited to be clean, and that the local communities took care of their surrounding areas. A few days ago, my image changed completly!

Last year 20 villages in Hungary, two in Csongrád county, got delivered a total of 4.000 tons of rubbish from Germany! According to the county police of Bács-Kiskun Megye the trash (especially electronics and waste from private households) has been unlegally imported in a period from July to December last year. The trash has been brought to Hungary from Bavaria and Baden-Württenberg.

How can Germany be trading trash? Where is their ethics? Will EU take action? Of course, as always, it takes two to tango! A few Hungarians have become filthy rich …

Trash placed outside the small town Mindszent. Photo: Tésik Attila