On the first day of work, held today by the Ecodaunia workerscommissioned by the Municipality, two boxes and a van full of scrap metal, tyres, mattresses, various bulky items and rubbish bags were filled.
The activity of recovering abandoned waste and cleaning the area was financed by Puglia regionwhich granted the Municipality of Cerignola a contribution of just under 50,000 euros.
“The financial support obtained from the Puglia Region is very precious for the Municipalities, whose financial capacities are not adequate to deal with the reclamation of these real illegal landfills. Furthermore, in the case of the Municipality of Cerignola, the loyal and fruitful collaboration between the offices allowed us to correct the evaluation errors that had initially excluded us from the contribution.
We are committed every day to combating the harmful and dangerous phenomenon of waste abandonment, also by seizing opportunities such as those offered by the Puglia Region thanks to the good work carried out by the technostructure. With facts we refute specious and ungenerous criticisms”, declared the mayor of Cerignola Francesco Bonito.
“Only at the end of the extraordinary collection will it be possible to know exactly what and how much has been abandoned by people and companies willing to pollute, even seriously, our countryside in order to save the costs of disposal done according to the rules“: this is the comment of Michele Lasalviaat the helm of the Department of Environment and Public Works.
