Seattle-based Basel Action Network sounded the alarm that more than 800 tons of electric arc furnace dust were being illegally transported after the group received a tipoff.
The German automaker also plans to downsize its remaining plants, reduce worker salaries by at least 10%, and freeze pay raises for the next two years.
While Freeports disappeared in Britain almost a decade ago, they were revived by consecutive Conservative Party administrations in the aftermath of Brexit.
Several EU member states eager to limit Moscow’s revenues have been urging the bloc to impose sweeping levies on agricultural and fish imports from Russia.