Congo-Brazzaville: the Residents of a Battery Recycling Plant Denounce the Cessation of Its Dismantling

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One year after the dismantling of the Metssa Congo plant, located near Pointe-Noire, its residents ensure that the operations are stopped. In 2024, the Congolese Ministry of the Environment had announced an investigation, after total suspension of its activities. While the screening of the inhabitants and the cleaning of the promised site did not take place. "It must be cleared and its surroundings," says a local representative. "We know that we…