“We could argue about who and why, in the 80s, the activation and permanent storage of those mega hazardous waste landfills near the beach of Crotone a few meters from the waters of the Esaro river; currently, however, in my opinion, it is a priority that the citizens and inhabitants of the city of Crotone demand, in law, that the million (a little more or a little less) of hazardous and non-hazardous waste is removed as soon as possible and in a technically safe mannerfrom the beach in front of the sea of Crotone and which is disposed of in public or private landfills authorized by current international, European and national legislation, transposed and implemented following the rules, by the Calabria Region”.
“The installations for the treatment and delivery of solid and liquid waste, must be built in accordance with the law; they must be tested and certifiedcontrolled and monitored for the health of the population residing or temporarily staying in those places. It must be understood that the treatment and purification plants for municipal, industrial and hospital liquid and solid waste, the thermo incinerators and valorisers, authorized and certified safe, present in the Italian territory, Calabria and Crotone, serve precisely this purpose; that of not leaving such materials unattended, abandoned in an uncontrolled and dangerous way for the environment and for those who live in that environment”.
“For the science of Circular Economy, waste does not exist, but only residues from industrial production processes and residues from consumption processes, to be valorised and transformed into sustainable energy by-products for environmental purposes for biodiversity and ecosystems.
Illegally creating micro or large uncontrolled deposits of urban and industrial solid waste, in the middle of agricultural land, on the edges of roadways, near the beach and river banks, is not an acceptable practice, worthy of people and civil societies”.
“Just as the sick must be treated and assisted in public and private healthcare and hospital facilities, liquid and solid waste, urban and industrial, dangerous and special, dangerous with and without Tenorm and Asbestos, must be disposed of in the treatment infrastructures and safe transfer, authorized by law. All this should seem obvious, but often it isn’t!
“Everyone would like waste, residues from consumer food products and residual waste from entrepreneurial, corporate and industrial processes, to be transferred to places far from their home. This effect, said “nimby”, consequence of a natural psychological dissent of the human being to remove risks and dangers as far away as possible from one’s home and territory, must be balanced by asking this question: what to do with waste subject to separate collectionof contaminated urban and industrial wastewater produced in its territory?”.
“Now we need to decide and think together, with a constructive spirit and for the exclusive good of the citizens of Crotone and the surrounding area, on what is or could be the alternative to the current systems of treatment, purification and disposal of waste from industrial and commercial activities. , corporate, entrepreneurial, work, household, (so-called circular economic goods) to be valorised for the benefit of the environment, biodiversity and ecosystems to defend and guarantee future generations. Is it better to contain the risk by transferring it to authorized and controlled landfills or to leave, a stone’s throw from the sea, tons of dangerous waste which for decades, uncontrolled, has been contaminating ecosystems and damaging human health?”. He declares it Emilio Errigo, Extraordinary Commissioner SIN Crotone-Cassano-Cerchiara.
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