• Rome waste, Raggi signed order for conferment in Civitavecchia
  • Waste emergency, Raggi calls for an urgent meeting with the Minister of the Environment

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November 27, 2019The tug of war between the Lazio Region and the Municipality of Rome continues on the management of the waste of the Capital and on the identification of the site where to set up the plants of the new landfill, given the imminent closure of Colleferro. And the metropolitan city and administrators of the Lazio Provinces are also included in the challenge.

Councilor Valeriani: we will not let Rome end up in chaos
"Sorry, we would have liked to proceed in agreement with the Municipality of Rome as happened in July, last night we were convinced that we had reached an agreement because the head of the Cabinet of the Municipality had delivered us a substantial sharing of action plan of immediate things, in the medium and long term, we went home knowing that there was an agreement. This morning, we record that this is no longer there, we are not happy but we will issue an ordinance and we will do everything that the law allows and attributes ". This was stated by the regional councilor for waste, Massimiliano Valeriani, speaking in the regional council on the waste emergency in Rome.

"We will not let this city fall into chaos, we will exercise our powers because it is right that those who have more responsibility and courage exercise them", added Valeriani, then explaining the points of the order: "The agreement was on three points: identification of immediate places to locate 'transfer centers', the immediate launch of tenders to find an operator abroad where to send the waste, and to identify a site for the Rome landfill in compatible areas. ".

Mayor Rays: there was no agreement
"There was no agreement. They will make landfills violating environmental regulations and rules to protect citizens. Rome does not deserve it." Virginia Raggi is furious after the announcement of the regional councilor for waste, Massimiliano Valeriani, of an ordinance of the Lazio Region to prevent a new waste emergency in Rome. "Negotiations will go ahead in the field of the protection of the territory of Rome, we are willing to make plants that do not harm the environment and do not endanger the health of citizens - added Ray, sitting in the audience of the so-called Aquarium of the Regional Council where an extraordinary session of the House on the subject of waste was underway. "I ask this and if this means being unconscious, I claim an unconsciousness to protect the environment and the health of citizens. For the rest I am willing to do everything even in the territory of Rome as long as there are these two minimum criteria of respect ".

As for the possible administration of Roma Capitale for the implementation of the measures envisaged in the regional ordinance (identification of transfer centers and areas suitable for a landfill and a tender for sending waste abroad) Raggi replied: "If of Commissioner must be talking about there is that of the EU Commission to the Lazio Region which is again almost in the infringement procedure. Continuing to impose on the territories emergency measures that do not respect the environmental criteria and respect the protection of health is irresponsible. to say that the citizens of Rome have the right to have systems that protect their territory and their health. For the rest, we are available for everything ".

The mayor reiterated that yesterday no agreement had been reached with the Region but rather that it was an "imposition" on the construction of landfills in Rome: "Ask Valeriani what the impositions were if he has the honesty to say so" .

The mayor of Civitavecchia: we do not want poisoned fruits
"The mayor of Rome Virginia Raggi is persevering in her intent to download the poisoned fruit of her administrative incapacity to Civitavecchia." Thus, in a statement, the mayor of Civitavecchia, Ernesto Tedesco.

"In confirmation of the approximation with which we believe he is operating - he adds - he did not however deal with the real capacity of accepting waste from the landfill, as admitted by the same property and, only now, by the Lazio Region.

"Not only: I was able to see for myself, going to the site, of the impracticality of that ordinance, which I ask the Metropolitan City to withdraw immediately. The road - the mayor continues - is unable to accommodate fifty heavy vehicles a day, moreover, a simple check was enough to generate chaos and create rows of trucks with trailers on a country road and hit by a flood, with the inconveniences and risks that this can entail, not excluding further checks, and even serious measures if it is necessary to protect the safety and public health, we will continue to scrutinize in minute detail what comes from Rome and if everything is in order, in the wake of the legality with respect to which we will not tolerate any derogation ", concludes the mayor .

The mayors of the municipalities of the Province of Rome: we are not dustbin
"The province of Rome and Lazio are not the dustbin of Rome. From Virginia Raggi we read incredible words this morning on the subject of waste". 34 mayors of the municipalities of the province of Rome, of all political parties, wrote in a note. "According to what the mayor said - continue - the plants in the province of Rome and the rest of Lazio should receive the waste of Rome because the first citizen of the capital refuses to indicate a site to be used as a dump of service for his city. this is unacceptable and incidents like the one that happened in Civitavecchia are not tolerable.We ask the Lazio Region to take charge of the problem and do what it can to avoid this destruction to the detriment of the citizens of Rome and Lazio ".

Love: the Rocca Cencia facility is open
No arrest of Tmb Ama of Rocca Cencia. The plant also worked at full capacity yesterday, guaranteeing 24 hours a day the control of both treatment lines on the four scheduled work shifts. The statement, in a note, the company Ama denying what is reported today by some newspapers on an alleged arrest of the company Tmb plant and stressing that the effort is maximum to remedy the known deficit in the destination outlets, starting from the closure of the landfill of Colleferro