The World - News from May 15, 1989

A British-backed consortium is planning to build the largest toxic waste plant in the world in Morocco’s section of the Sahara, the Guardian newspaper reported. The British newspaper said the consortium’s plan is to export 2,000 tons of toxic waste a day to Morocco from Europe and North America and burn it to produce electricity. This plan has been presented to King Hassan, Morocco’s ruler, as a way of bringing industrialization to his country. However, the newspaper said, only waste oil products were mentioned in the plan presented to Hassan. The newspaper said a copy of the plan was passed on to it because of fears the operation will not be properly controlled.