'Duped' Brazil waste shipping company awarded £730,000

Date: 16 March 2010. Posted in Industry News

The shipping company involved in exporting and repatriating 'illegal' waste sent to Brazil, has won £731,615 in damages and costs.

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) brought the claim in the High Court against Worldwide Biorecyclables, its director Julio Da Costa and its previous co-director and company secretary Andre Oliveira. The money was awarded becuase the shipping company suffered reputational and financial damages after 'illegally' shipping local authority household waste and medical waste under the guise of plastic scrap, which was - according to MSC's solicitors Duval Vassiliades ...Read More

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