Il Cannocchiale

Given your comments on this long-running and complex issue, I reported a DOSSIER on the problem waste in Campania, in order to clarify some doubts, some ingenuity, some inaccurate and not generous viewpoints widely disseminated over the network and newspapers.

I do not think to know the absolute truth, however, digging and across linking the local administrator’s documents scattered here and there, I found between the lines, many news probably hidden from the alleged perpetrators of this terrible disaster that we have self-procured as citizens of Campania.

This is summarized in various points of all major phases that produced the waste problem.

-- In many regions of Italy, the separate collection of waste was started in the 70s and 80s years. But in Campania was started only in the mid-90s years. In the region there was Antonio Rastrelli (AN party) and the government was of Silvio Berlusconi from'94 to'95 years. But, during the succession of Presidents of the region and governments, the plan of collection desired by Rastrelli has never taken the flight. Still, it is below 10% of total. The plan stipulated foresaw that for 2003 had to recycle at least 35% of the waste. Meanwhile in other regions have achieved results close to 40-50% of the collection.

-- The amount of waste produced has grown over the years increasingly in 1998 was 424 kg per inhabitant per year, today is 485 kg (source APAT);

-- Edward Ronchi (Greens – rainbow party) minister in the Prodi government - said in 1996 that the composting and CDR were valid and scientific alternatives to disposal of waste.

[Who wants, carefully read the law Ronchi Decree Law 22/1997]

Then the Regional Council, chaired by Rastrelli, took note and launched in 1997 a plan which provided 7 CDR plants (plants that separate the burnable waste from not burnable) and 2 huge incinerators (not modern one) capable of burn all the garbage produced in Campania.

It defines CDR (fonte. Wikipedia)

Fuel Derived from Waste (CDR), the acronyms English translation RDF (Refuse Derived Fuel) is a solid fuel crushed dry obtained from the treatment of municipal solid waste, harvest generally cylindrical blocks called ecoballe.

-- The Regional Council, chaired by Losco UDEUR party, has entrusted the

construction of incinerators and facilities to CDR FIBE based in Genoa in the palaces of WTC area San Benigno, "who writes was 5 years in Genoa", preferring his proposal because the cost was more advantageous and timing of implementation short (1 year). The incinerator was designed for the old type and particularly polluting.

-- Bassolino did not use the huge economic resources given to Campania to build the 7 implants of CDR and the incinerator of Acerra correlated to them. But has used money to pay a lot of parcels at the many consultants that was assumed. Bassolino recruited hundreds of workers for separate collection of urban waste, without start working process and without building composting plants. (place where the processing of organic waste composting). Bassolino has ignored the existence of the advice of Prof. Arena which contained some solutions to the problem. He has not made substantial innovations compared with previous administrators. He has even

upset the original plan presented by Antonio Rastrelli, which that project probably, We would not be led in our sad realty.

-- Citizens of Acerra tried to block, the construction of incinerator that since the old type, and at least 5 times the size of normal incinerators, they was not sure on the protection of their health.

-- The implants CDR, put in operation under the administration of Bassolino, they instead of producing cdr (fuel from waste) and fos (organic fraction stabilized). they produced millions of ecoballe, not burnable because containing a biodegradable waste, and other thousand’s tons of organic material not stabilized and then biodegradable. This material has gone thus accumulating at plants and storage sites "provisional" that have become definitive.

-- The judiciary has opened investigations into this whole situation by placing several times seized the yard of Acerra and implants of cdr, thus determining each time the accumulation of waste in the streets. On the basis of these investigations has had to change the design of incinerator of Acerra to try and make it less polluting and comply with European standards.

-- Commissioners extraordinary followed Bassolino was dabbed needs more imminent, have opened old landfill (also seized by the judiciary for infiltration camorristiche). But have not done anything for the long term period. In addition opening landfills declared definitively closed, and then the extension of the dates of closure, led the people in a state of uncertainty, fear and distrust of institutions.

-- The Camorra, in this situation of disorder, they could continue to illegally dispose of toxic and hazardous waste from all over Italy both in ordinary landfills and landfills unfair.

-- Journalists as Santoro and Travaglio too committed to criticise only one part of

the ruling class. Politics as Veltroni proved in fact a friend of Bassolino and many other famous people, all united with the only purpose of Berlusconi blame for everything, but they was always silent in front of this dispersion of public money without precedent in the past. So anyone might ask, but they were complacent or indifferent to these problems, caused by people probably organised with crime?

-- In addition to all friends of Irpinia, I add the following plea:

Open your eyes, no one is as it seems, if notice of be unfairly involved, whether we are giving more than what is claimed to other provinces, attention, The IRPINIA NOT 'THE REGIONAL LANDFILL.

Dossier Rifiuti in Campania (IN ITALIANO)