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Nestlé to face retrial over illegal dumping near French bottled water plants
Current status: Status unconfirmed (as of 18/09/2026, 11:50). Older update notes in the history text may be outdated.
A French appeals court has ordered a retrial for Nestlé Waters regarding alleged illegal dumping near its bottled water plants in Vittel and Contrexéville, Vosges region. The case involves unauthorised waste sites containing plastic and other waste, leading to findings of "incomparable" levels of microplastic contamination in soil and water near the sites. The court will now reconsider scientific evidence previously excluded, affecting the ongoing legal process.
- Location
- Vittel and Contrexéville, Vosges region
- Country
- 🇫🇷 France
- Start
- Unknown
- End
- 02/11/2026, 12:18
- Event type
- Chemical contamination, Limit exceeded
- Status
- Status unconfirmed
- Region
- Vosges region
- Last updated
Timeline
- · Alert first recorded
- · Automatically marked inactive
- · End according to source
- · Record last updated
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