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Italian rubbish changes from 'unacceptable' to 'OK' over the Christmas break

landfillThe Italian rubbish shipment, held up at the dockside while analysts determine the safety of the contents, can now be carted off and dumped in a Portuguese landfill site.

The rubbish suddenly has become quite safe to be buried in Portugal, (why not in Italy ask many readers?) and represents the first of many shipments of domestic waste from the Naples region that will be buried here.

Random sampling of the first 2,700 tonnes of Italian waste in the €1 million contract had shown unacceptable levels of ‘dissolved organic carbon’ which could leach into water systems and bond with trace metals, creating water-soluble complexes.

It’s now as if this first report had never existed. The rubbish is perfectly safe, with the ministry of the environment saying the shipment can proceed and the misnamed environment agency saying the dumping ground is ready and waiting, both hoping nobody was paying much attention to the affair over the Christmas and New Year break.

The rubbish had been checked and categorised before it had left Italy but nobody really believed the paperwork as the Neapolitan rubbish collection service is said to be ‘controlled by the local mafia.’

The importer of the first shipment due to be buried in the landfill site near Setúbal was found to be owned by the former Secretary of State for the Environment, Dr Pedro Afonso de Paulo who clearly has no interest in the environment now that he is out of office.

The only party that seems remotely interested is The Greens who have complained that money is treated with more reverence than the environment.

The bigger question remains – why is Italian rubbish being buried in Portugal?

 

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+1 #5 elspeth flood 2017-01-03 10:05
Is there anything the public can do about this? Do we know where the waste is to be buried? Has the local Camara or Junta da Freguesia been informed?
+1 #4 Margaridaana 2017-01-02 14:25
Quoting nogin the nog..:
Hmm.
Why is this rubbish not fit to be buried on Italian soil.. !!

;-) Margaridaana
This is more or less what I said last time the item was aired. We have plenty of rubbish here in Portugal, but then, maybe, the Italians have lots more! Seriously though, should not each country be able to manage their own waste disposal? I'm surprised there isn't an EU law to that effect. I guess that once again, money has changed hands.
+1 #3 Gordan Davies 2017-01-02 12:14
No doubt a deal was done between the Italian Mafia and the Portuguese Mafia. Both have their tentacles in all aspects of their countries lives. For example, many would argue that the 8 year late rescue of the Italian Banks was entirely due to their Mafia not wanting to take a hit from their own shareholdings in their Banks. A face saver, the norm amongst Latino's, was long sought.
So the little Bank shareholders (in reality now known to be the top 10% of Italian wealth) will be rescued by the Italian Government.
+1 #2 B. DESMET 2017-01-02 11:55
It seems like there is some stinky business is going on there.
+4 #1 nogin the nog.. 2017-01-02 01:08
Hmm.
Why is this rubbish not fit to be buried on Italian soil.. !!

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