According to sources, Västerås city has spent at least 66 million SEK so far to transport contaminated waste away from Think Pink's old facility in Skultuna. The city now expects it may need to pay up to 50 million SEK more to clean up the site. The total final cost for Västerås city to clean up the Think Pink site remains unknown.
Staffan Jansson, Chairman of the municipal board (S), stated that Västerås will also demand that the state reimburse the municipality for cleanup costs. " Last summer, the district court sentenced five of those responsible for the waste scandal to prison for serious environmental crimes. The five responsible must also pay about a quarter of a billion SEK in damages to affected municipalities, including 67 million SEK to Västerås city.
We will need to pursue every single krona from the national level, because this should not burden a municipal taxpayer.
However, it is unclear whether the damages will ever be paid out, according to Staffan Jansson. The district court's ruling has not gained legal force and is appealed to the court of appeal, with the outcome of the appeal unknown. In a related case, Botkyrka municipality, another affected municipality, submitted an application to the state in January for 300 million SEK to clean up Kagghamrahögen after Think Pink.
How much state funding Botkyrka municipality will receive for its cleanup application is not yet determined. When the cleanup of the Skultuna dump will be completed is also uncertain.