MÁS per Mallorca criticizes the Consell's "institutional submission" to the transfer of waste from Ibiza to Son Reus

PalmMÁS per Mallorca has expressed concern over the announcement that a pilot program to transfer up to 30,000 tons of waste from Ibiza to the Son Reus incinerator will begin next April. The eco-sovereignist party denounces this decision as confirmation that the People's Party (PP) is turning Mallorca into a dumping ground for waste from other islands, operating opaquely and without the Mallorca Council having any real role in the decision-making process.

According to MÁS, the announcement made by the president of the Consell de Eivissa, which set the project's timeline, demonstrates that the president of the Consell de Mallorca, Llorenç Galmés, "has no say in this decision." The party considers it particularly serious that Ibiza is determining the start of a project that directly affects Mallorca, and that the announcement came only the day after the Consell de Mallorca plenary session, in which the PP approved the agreement without providing any details. Catalina Inés Perelló, spokesperson for MÉS per Mallorca in the Consell, denounced the management as "opaque and institutionally subservient." "The PP has turned the Consell de Mallorca into a mere administrative body for decisions made outside the island. First, the Balearic Government decides, then Ibiza announces it, and Mallorca just bows its head," she asserted. The project plans to transport 30,000 tons of waste from Ibiza to the Son Reus incinerator with the aim of extending the lifespan of the Ca na Putxa landfill. Perelló warned that behind the label of "pilot project" often lie decisions that end up becoming permanent. "What is temporary today becomes structural tomorrow. Mallorca cannot be held responsible for the planning errors of other institutions," he stressed. MÁS also criticized the PP's argument that the arrival of waste was a way to reduce the treatment fee. According to the eco-sovereignist party, this justification creates a "perverse incentive": burning more waste to balance the books. "The PP prefers to import manure rather than seriously commit to reducing waste. It is an environmentally absurd and politically irresponsible model," Perelló concluded.