Palkovics: Hungarian govt won't tolerate illegal rubbish dumps

The government will no longer tolerate illegal rubbish dumping, and it will introduce fines as well as deposits, Laszlo Palkovics, the innovation and technology minister, has said. "There's hardly a corner of Hungary without rubbish in ditches and on the edges of woodland. We won't put up with this anymore," he said in an interview published on Friday by the daily Magyar Nemzet. "Rubbish dumps must be eliminated, even if this means hiking local taxes to provide the resources needed.