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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent

‘Queen of trash’ among 11 on trial in Sweden’s largest environmental crime case

Bella Nilsson
Bella Nilsson (centre), head of the rubbish disposal company Think Pink, arriving at a court in Sollentuna on 3 September. Photograph: Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency/AFP/Getty Images

Eleven people, including an entrepreneur who once called herself the “queen of trash”, have gone on trial in Sweden accused of illegally dumping toxic waste in the country’s biggest ever environmental crime case.

The closely watched trial at Attunda district court in Sollentuna, near Stockholm, centres on the recycling company Think Pink, its former chief executive Bella Nilsson, who has since changed her name, and her ex-husband Thomas Nilsson.

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