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Rome waste, protest against the landfill in Falcognana. Brunetta chain himself

November 30, 2019

The nightmare of the landfill returns for the citizens of the southern suburbs of the Capital, who have fallen into the streets this morning in the Falcognana district. It is here in fact, between the park of the Ardeatina, the sanctuary of the Divine Love and some of the main companies of the Roman agro, that could end the garbage of the Capital."If my friend Salvini has blocked the trucks in Civitavecchia, I will block them at the Falcognana," said Forza Italia deputy Renato Brunetta, owner of a winery in the area, who then chained himself symbolically to the gates of the 'Ecofer, the company that manages the site that would have been identified for waste disposal in the Capital. "After 6 years – Brunetta recalls – we are back in the square to say no to the landfill hypothesis in Falcognana. A choice that derives from the inability and inertia of the Municipality and the Region, built against the interests of citizens and against law".

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According to Brunetta, in fact, "the law and the European directives prohibit the conferment of waste in this area. In fact the Government and the Region want to resort to the commissioner who, among other things, will lead to the closure of the Ecofer, the company that now runs this site and that gives work to 300 people ". "In this area – explains the Honorable Forces – there are between 50 and 100 thousand people at risk of seeing the Ardeatina, the only important road axis of the quadrant, 50 incoming trucks and 50 trucks leaving per day "There are farms and sites of archaeological and religious interest, such as the sanctuary of the Divine Love. Making a dump here is a crazy choice, it means killing a piece of the city." For this, Brunetta announces that he has already presented "an urgent question to Minister Costa" and that he is ready "to denounce anyone who takes action against the law and the citizens.

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"That of the region is written ordinance, reads Falcognana", explains Alessandro Lepidini, pd councilor of the Municipality IX and among the animators of the presidium 'No landfill'. "Zingaretti tried six years ago, he hit the wall. He tries again today and he will hit a wall again. Falcognana is not willing to negotiate." The times, however, are tight: "in 15 days – continues Lepidini – they want to find a site to be operational by January 15. We are ready for the battle, next week we will establish a permanent presidium".On the problem of waste in Rome and the reasons for the protest, Lepidini adds: "it cannot be a single community to take charge of all the garbage of the capital. The solution is not to take the waste to Colleferro or Civitavecchia, but to use special powers to send waste out of the region, while serious work is done to close the waste cycle in the capital, with small plants distributed around the city. This work has never been done, but citizens cannot pay ".