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Why is Switzerland offering cash prizes to retrieve munitions from lakes?
August 20, 2024August 20, 2024by In World

Why is Switzerland offering cash prizes to retrieve munitions from lakes?

The Swiss Federal Department of Defence Procurement (Armasuisse) is offering 50,000 Swiss francs ($57,800) for the three best ideas on how to retrieve some 12,000 tonnes of old munitions from the country’s lakes, including Lake Thun, Lake Brienz and Lake Lucerne. “Armasuisse wants to involve academia and industry in the considerations on how environmentally friendly...