A worker died this Tuesday at the Tirme facilities, as reported by the CCOO union, which has requested that the circumstances of the incident be investigated, after high levels of carbon monoxide were detected. This is an employee from the night shift of the Ilunion company who, according to the information provided by the union organization, was found lifeless at 9:00 PM.

The Government has already taken the first step in the proceedings arising from the complaint by the Nature Protection Service (Seprona) of the Civil Guard for the dumping of more than three tons of chipped asphalt remains on various rural paths and public spaces in Petra.

At certain times of the summer, so much plastic can accumulate on the Molinar beach (Palma) that swimming can become unhealthy. Due to tides and coastal currents, this is one of the points where the most dirt concentrates, but there is dirt everywhere. The government's coastal cleaning service removed a total of 7.1 tons of waste from the sea and coasts of the Balearic Islands during the month of July. This is 10.7% more than the 6.5 tons from July last year, and the Ministry of the Sea has detailed to ARA Balears that it plans to remove around 30 tons of waste in the 2026 season. Where did it come from?

The No to Waste Import platform has publicly denounced that "the problems have already begun" as a result of the transfer of waste from Ibiza to Mallorca to be incinerated at the Tirme plant. In a statement, the organization, made up of more than 20 entities, stated that a few days ago an "incident" occurred at the incinerator which would have been caused by waste from Ibiza.

A dozen social, environmental, and neighborhood organizations from Ibiza have denounced alleged discharges of wastewater from the Ibiza airport's treatment plant into the Torrent de la Font, which flows into the Ses Salines Natural Park. The organizations claim that four analysis campaigns carried out between June and July have detected contamination parameters that, according to their interpretation, would far exceed the limits established by regulations.

Llucmajor has activated the health emergency with the aim of launching the urgent collection of waste due to its accumulation in public spaces. The motion, which was unanimously approved in the City Council's plenary session, had been presented by PSIB and PSOE, MÉS per Llucmajor, Llibertat Llucmajor and S'Ull.

The 10% reduction in the waste treatment fee approved this Wednesday by the Plenary of the Consell de Mallorca has been, in part, overshadowed by the tough political debate over the Tirme concession. The PSIB and Més per Mallorca have reproached the president of the institution, Llorenç Galmés, for maintaining a model that, in their opinion, continues to favor the concessionaire despite the warnings issued by the control bodies of the Consell itself.

The pilot plan for the transfer of waste from Ibiza has begun with the left, the GOB and the residents of ground zero against it. For more than ten years, administrations have known that the Ca na Putxa landfill was at the end of its useful life, but no alternative infrastructures have been built and finally the decision has been made for Mallorca to take on this waste. The residents of Son Sardina and La Garriga have protested, because they consider that they will suffer the direct consequences. Therefore, they are joining the anti-massification demonstration on September 26. "Mallorca is at its limit, we are exceeding the red lines" assures Joan Mateos, representative of the La Garriga residents' association.

The ship that was to transport the waste from Ibiza to Mallorca finally arrived at the port of Palma in the early hours of last Wednesday, after incidents that had delayed its departure.

Representatives of 17 neighborhood and environmental organizations from Mallorca have promoted various initiatives against the imminent arrival of waste from the Pitiuses, including the establishment of a platform. As reported by GOB this Monday in a statement, the organizations have expressed their concern about the imminent arrival of this waste, stating that it could cause a risk of accidents and spills, in addition to bad smells and other nuisances.

Mallorca will begin to receive next Thursday seven daily trucks of waste from Ibiza, five days a week, with a total of 3,000 tons of garbage each month. The pilot test for the transfer of waste from the Pitiusa island, which the island councils approved last Tuesday, will cost 24.6 million euros, as stated in the documentation of the file that ARABalears advanced. The agreement has been drawn up over a year, hidden from the opposition –it was not delivered until the Transparency Council requested it–, and it includes a reduction in the environmental criteria initially foreseen.

Pedro Bestard defended himself this Thursday against criticism from the PSIB for the transfer of waste from Ibiza to Mallorca, assuring on repeated occasions that "it is waste, not excrement" and insisting that the pilot test will have no impact on Mallorca. The second vice-president and Minister of Environment of the Consell de Mallorca had a tense confrontation with the socialist deputy Juana María Adrover during the plenary session of the insular institution.

Although the Consell d'Eivissa has renounced sending bulk waste to Mallorca after protests from residents and the GOB, this has not been made official in the agreement. With seven days to go before the transfer begins, the definitive document signed by the Pitiusa institution and the Consell de Mallorca has not been modified, but rather maintains and formalizes the option of transporting part of the waste in bulk. This possibility was introduced after the institution presided over by Llorenç Galmés agreed to lower the environmental requirements for the transfer, due to Ibiza's technical difficulties. Sources from the Consell d'Eivissa justify that, since it is a pilot test, the fine print of the contract can be modified according to the needs of each moment.

The transfer of waste from Ibiza to Mallorca begins next July 16. As reported by the second vice-president and Minister of Environment of the Consell de Mallorca, Pedro Bestard, the first shipment will consist of seven trucks with 24 tons of waste each. In this way, a total of approximately 3,000 tons will be transferred each month.

The Consell de Mallorca has not managed to authorize the administrative file to validate the agreement with Eivissa for the transfer of waste between the two islands. This situation formally prevents its signing and puts the start of the new inter-island system for managing the residual fraction on hold, just when the logistical device associated with the project is advanced and with a ship about to arrive in Eivissa, as reported by ARA Balears. Furthermore, it should be remembered that the Ca na Putxa landfill is close to reaching its operational limit.

One week after ARA Balears revealed that the Consell de Mallorca has lowered the environmental requirement for part of the transfer of waste from Ibiza to be carried out in bulk, the institution from Ibiza has rectified. After the residents of Son Sardina and La Garriga protested about how the import would be carried out and the GOB filed a legal challenge, the Consell d'Eivissa now says it will not send any type of waste in bulk. Despite declaring last December that it did not have the technical capacity to carry out all transport with shrink-wrapped bales, it now assures that it has the necessary machinery.

The neighborhoods of Son Sardina and La Garriga are in the zero zone for waste treatment in Mallorca. From the rooftops, the Son Reus incinerator plant is perfectly visible, 3.5 kilometers away in a straight line: they suffer from the smells and the acid clouds that appear in the sky from time to time. This Tuesday they have raised their voices against the plans of the Consell de Mallorca to expand the plant's production with waste coming from Ibiza. "From an environmental point of view, it makes no sense to have waste in Ibiza, put it in a truck, a boat, send it to the port of Palma, and transport it by road to here," protests Joan Mateos, spokesperson for the Sa Garriga Neighborhood Association.

The Consell de Mallorca did not grant opposition access to the agreement for the transfer of waste from Eivissa until it was forced to by a requirement from the Council for Transparency. Although by law it should have delivered the information to the socialist party within five days, which had been requesting it since July 16, 2025, it took almost a year to do so, after receiving a warning from this body.

The Consell d'Eivissa has already tendered and awarded the waste transfer and is awaiting the Consell de Mallorca to definitively sign the agreement. This is confirmed by sources from the island institution to ARA Balears. They explain that the service has been awarded to UTE GIREF, which manages the Ca na Putxa waste plant, in compliance with the additional provision that allows the pilot plan to be initiated, which was definitively approved with the Omnibus Law.