MARSALA – “Nightly waste fires and micro-landfills threaten public health”.
It has the Legambiente Marsala-Petrosino club reportedexpressing “strong concern about the growing phenomenon“.
Especially for the combustion of plastic material.
Legambiente’s note
“These episodes – we read in one Legambiente note – they represent one serious threat to the environment and public healthrequesting an urgent and decisive response by the competent authorities and the community. We are witnessing a continuous increase in night-time waste fires, especially in the southern area of Marsala.”
“These firespredominantly maliciousinvolve highly polluting materials, which when burning release toxic and harmful substances into the air. These emissions can cause serious respiratory problems, as well as increasing the risk of more serious illnesses in the long term“, goes on.
Intensify controls
The environmentalist association therefore asks to “intensify controls in the area to verify the origin of this plastic material, strengthening surveillance especially at night and adopting severe measures to combat these criminal phenomena“, adding that “It is essential to increase the presence of law enforcement And install video surveillance systems in the most affected areas“.
AND you are invited “citizens to collaborate reporting any suspicious behavior or incidents of waste abandonment to the authorities“.
