Saturday, July 24, 2010

Still doing Israel's Dirty Work: Veolia's Tovlan landfill in the Jordan Valley http://www.corporatewatch.org.uk/?lid=3675

As Corporate Watch hyperlink has previously reported, Veolia run the Tovlan landfill site in the occupied Jordan Valley as well as provide rubbish collection services to numerous settlements in the area. Whilst the company’s involvement in the East Jerusalem tram line project hyperlink has gained world wide infamy, their operations in the Jordan Valley have as yet not got them into as much trouble. However, their very direct support of the settlement infrastructure in one of the most vulnerable areas of Palestine prove that they are more than willing to profit from Israel’s brutal occupation as long as they can get away with it. In recent correspondence with critics of their conduct Veolia have downplayed their business in the Jordan Valley, claiming that their site there is no longer operating. On a recent trip there Corporate Watch decided to pay them another visit to see if we could prove them wrong…

No comments:

Post a Comment