Thursday, June 12, 2008

Illegal dumping at the old escombrera

Tons of inert rubbish has been been dumped without authorisation in Sector-D12 which lies adjacent to the zone of La Pedrera and the Villas Andrea Urbanisation in Bigastro. The lorries, which we could hear trundling up there, have left all sorts of rubbish including tarmac, tree prunings and even mattresses.

Previously the zone had been one of only a few legal garbage dumps in this area occupying 30,000 m2 of land. An artificial soil mountain was built a couple of years ago by piling up earth to produce an irrigation raft. When the work was completed, posters were erected warning people that anyone caught dumping there would be fined 300 euros.

Normally the access road to the area is closed with a heavy chain. Since the other roads that lead to the area are impassible for large trucks, clearly someone had a key yesterday to unlock the chain.

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