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At a Nordic Waste reprocessing plant in Denmark, 100 million cubic feet of soil contaminated with heavy metals and oil products is moving at a pace of 16 inches per hour toward a stream connected to the Baltic Sea. Authorities are working to stop the slow-moving landslide from reaching the nearby water source. Nordic Waste gave up on getting the landslide under control after nine days. Randers Municipality took on the task of rerouting the stream to allow the landslide to pass safely. A report by the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland said the continuous deposit of soil on top of a sloping clay pit at Nordic Waste was the main cause for the landslide.