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OUTLETS DISAGREESaturday 05 September 2026

Outlets disagree: The total quantity of waste at the site

apnews.com reports 'about 37,000 metric tons (40,000 U.S. tons)'; aljazeera.com reports 'more than 30,000 tonnes'; channelnewsasia.com reports 'between 34,000 and 37,000 tons'; dw.com reports 'most of the 35,000 tons' the full text

As published

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apnews.com as published: Thousands rally in Croatia demanding urgent cleanup of toxic waste from a townapnews.com2026-09-05 20:17:42aljazeera.com as published: Thousands protest in Croatia to demand government clean up toxic wastealjazeera.com2026-09-05 20:17:42channelnewsasia.com as published: Tens of thousands rally in Zagreb over Croatia waste cleanup delayschannelnewsasia.com2026-09-05 20:17:42dw.com as published: Croatia: Toxic waste protest draws tens of thousandsdw.com2026-09-05 20:17:42

Attributed to no one

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aljazeera.com

  • opponents accuse of corruption and of covering up the pollution's true scale

named elsewhere in the same article: unnamed opponents

channelnewsasia.com

  • environmentalists say is polluting the drinking water in the area
  • Environmentalists say the waste, which they say includes medical and other industrial waste, is contaminating air, soil and water in Lika

no speaker named anywhere in the article

What this entry found

  • OUTLETS DISAGREE

    The year when waste importing began

    • aljazeera.com states waste was 'brought in from elsewhere in the bloc since 2023'
    • channelnewsasia.com states waste was 'imported from Italy in 2023 and 2024'
    the full text
  • ONLY ONE OUTLET HAD THIS

    dw.com carried 4 details no other outlet reported.

    • The protesters called for all illegal landfills to be cleared, a new waste management plan across the country within the next 20 days, and a temporary ban on waste imports
    • Suspects likely forged documents falsely declaring plastic waste as suitable for recycling
    • The landfill is located approximately 200 kilometers southwest of Zagreb
    • The waste included imports from Slovenia in addition to Italy and Germany
4independent outlets
What happened, for context

Tens of thousands of people protested in Zagreb on Saturday, September 5, 2026, demanding the Croatian government urgently clean up more than 30,000 metric tons of illegally dumped hazardous waste stored near Gospic. The scandal emerged after the arrest of 13 people in February over illegal importing and dumping of waste, and residents fear contamination of soil, groundwater, and drinking water from medical, industrial, and electronic waste.

Who reported it

  • apnews.comWIRE
    • aljazeera.comINDEP
    • channelnewsasia.comINDEP
    one owner · DMGT (Daily Mail)
  • dw.comPUBLIC

References

Carried by multiple outlets

  • Tens of thousands of people protested in Zagreb on Saturday, September 5, 2026, over toxic waste cleanup delaysapnews.com, aljazeera.com, channelnewsasia.com, dw.com
  • The waste is located near or outside the town of Gospic in Croatia's Lika regionapnews.com, aljazeera.com, channelnewsasia.com, dw.com
  • 13 people were arrested in February in connection with illegal importing and dumping of hazardous wasteapnews.com, aljazeera.com, channelnewsasia.com, dw.com
  • Europol cooperated with Croatian authorities in the investigationapnews.com, aljazeera.com, channelnewsasia.com, dw.com
  • The waste included medical waste, industrial materials, electronic equipment, and plasticsapnews.com, aljazeera.com, channelnewsasia.com, dw.com
  • Much or most of the waste originated from Italyaljazeera.com, channelnewsasia.com, dw.com
  • and 4 more, not shown

Reported by one outlet only

  • An expert report published last month by Croatian anti-corruption agency USKOK states that soil at the site contained elevated metal concentration and that PFAS compounds ('forever chemicals') have been detected in groundwateronly apnews.com
  • The illegal waste issue first surfaced in February (2025) when Croatian police and Europol arrested suspectsonly apnews.com
  • The protesters called for all illegal landfills to be cleared, a new waste management plan across the country within the next 20 days, and a temporary ban on waste importsonly dw.com
  • Suspects likely forged documents falsely declaring plastic waste as suitable for recyclingonly dw.com
  • The landfill is located approximately 200 kilometers southwest of Zagrebonly dw.com
  • The waste included imports from Slovenia in addition to Italy and Germanyonly dw.com

Reported unevenly

  • The total quantity of waste at the sitestated by apnews.com reports 'about 37,000 metric tons (40,000 U.S. tons)', aljazeera.com reports 'more than 30,000 tonnes', channelnewsasia.com reports 'between 34,000 and 37,000 tons', dw.com reports 'most of the 35,000 tons'
  • The year when waste importing beganstated by aljazeera.com states waste was 'brought in from elsewhere in the bloc since 2023', channelnewsasia.com states waste was 'imported from Italy in 2023 and 2024'