"The transfer of waste has begun with security problems"

PalmaThe pilot plan for the transfer of waste from Ibiza has begun with the left, the GOB, and the residents of ground zero against it. After the neighbors held a protest at the roundabout near the Son Reus incinerator plant this Wednesday, the spokesperson for MÉS per Mallorca in the Council, Catalina Inès Perelló, has demanded that the PP stop the operation. "It is very serious that on the first day the transfer begins with security problems," she lamented at a press conference.

Perelló made this criticism in reference to the fact that the Maritime Captaincy immobilized the ship several hours before the transfer began due to security problems. According to the island councilor, the president of the Council, Llorenç Galmés, must "explain what happened and publish all the technical reports". "Solidarity between islands does not consist of transferring a problem from one place to another, of taking waste to Mallorca and that the Majorcans eat the waste from other islands," he lamented.

The reduction in the waste tax has not yet been made

Perelló also remarked that the 10% reduction in the waste tax for Mallorca residents announced as compensation for the transfer has not yet been approved. "We still haven't seen the signed agreement," he lamented. In the same vein, he accused the Consell d'Eivissa of not having planned waste management despite knowing that the Ca na Putxa landfill was about to end its useful life. "The poor management that has occurred in Eivissa should not affect us," he continued.

"We do not want to be the pigsty of Ibiza"

The spokespersons for the PSIB in Mallorca and Palma, Catalina Cladera and Xisco Dalmau, have called for a precautionary halt to the pilot plan until adequate safety measures are guaranteed. "We don't want to be the rubbish dump of Ibiza," said Cladera. In an address to the media a few meters from the Son Reus incinerator plant, she denounced the "lack of transparency in the process" and the lack of environmental guarantees for the operation. "Controls and reports related to this matter have been missing," she insisted. Cladera emphasized that the agreement still allows for a part of the waste to be imported in bulk. Although the Consell d'Eivissa has assured that, for now, they will send them all baled, the socialist has considered that the fact that this possibility remains open casts doubt on it.

Dalmau has lamented the impact of the transfer on the residents of Palma who will see "trucks with waste passing in front of their homes." Thus, he has requested that a monitoring commission with residents and civic and social entities inform them of the process.