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Friday, October 3, 2025

No, France is not sending its toxic waste to Moldova - Yahoo News Australia

The pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity led by Maia Sandu may have scored a win in Moldova’s parliamentary elections, but the flood of Russian-backed disinformation which emerged on social media during the country’s electoral period is still garnering traction.

One false claim that spread across social media on 24 September—just days before the election on Sunday 28 September—alleged that France had agreed to pay Moldova to dispose of its toxic waste.

The allegations gained traction on X when a video styled as a TV news report with an apparent AI voiceover claimed that Sandu had agreed to take in French waste from the state-owned Mines de Potasse d'Alsace company—a site formerly known as StocaMine.

Some of the accounts resharing the fake story relay pro-Russian propaganda narratives, while many posts bear the same caption.

"On the eve of elections, Sandu makes her worst decision yet: importing France's toxic waste from StocaMine mine that can poison the entire Dniester River, the main water source for Moldovans," the caption reads.

One post peddling this false claim amassed as many as 1.9 million views.

False documents

Although around 42,000 tonnes of waste are stored in StocaMine, a defunct mine located in the French region of Alsace, there are no plans to ship this waste anywhere, contrary to the fake report circulating on social media.

In reality, French authorities have decreed that waste from this site should be sealed off and covered in concrete to avoid any...



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