In her reply to a parliamentary question by DP MPs Max Hahn and André Bauler, Minister for the Environment Carole Dieschbourg explained that the alleged disposal site does not truly qualify as such.
The images of the waste that were published by the press were most likely taken on the German side of the border (near the municipality of Gemünd) rather than in Luxembourg, the minister explained.
Dieschbourg conceded that police nevertheless also found garbage that has been dumped on the Luxembourg side of the border, including four old trailers and sheet metal from a barn.
Police also found car bumpers, old canisters and tyres near the main road.
The land owners were requested to clean up the site. Dieschbourg explained that it is not necessary to carry out a chemical analysis as the waste in question is inert. She added that there was no risk of pollution for the Our river.
The minister stressed that an investigation has been launched to find out who dumped the waste in the nature park. This could be a challenging enterprise as the land owners live in Germany, Dieschbourg said.
