“The dangers posed by old ammunition are increasing year by year,” said Lemke.
According to the sources in the Ministry of Environment, the construction of the platform will begin in the second half of the year, and the operations of removing the ammunition will begin next year or at the beginning of 2025.
The initial work would be carried out in the Baltic Sea.
Lemke noted that 100 million euros have been allocated for the project until 2025.
According to the Ministry of Environment, about 1.6 million tons of old munitions lie on the seabed, most of them from the Second World War.
“For many decades, little attention was paid to ammunition waste. Neither the central government nor the federal states considered themselves responsible,” said Lemke. She pointed out that fishermen find rusted and damaged ammunition in their nets and that harmful substances can enter humans through the food chain with fish and shellfish.
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