Randers Municipality Director Fired Following Nordic Waste Scandal

Randers Municipality has fired its development, environment and technical director Jens Heslop. The dismissal follows the Nordic Waste landslide controversy. His union confirmed the termination to media. Officials made the decision during a Tuesday evening council meeting. Heslop declined to comment personally. He referred all questions to his union representatives. The union acknowledged the case and said it would assist Heslop moving forward. Randers Municipality faced criticism last fall for its oversight of Nordic Waste. This came before a massive landslide at the site in late 2023. The council commissioned an independent legal investigation. Lawyers found the municipality knew about several concerning factors before the landslide. They concluded officials should have acted on these warnings. However, investigators noted nobody could have fully predicted the landslide's scale. The municipality now faces scrutiny over its environmental oversight procedures. This dismissal shows local governments face real consequences for regulatory failures.