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Ecologists in Action has denounced the "plight" of the place of the colonies and the Jewish head of the ravine, in the surroundings of the old landfill, a few meters from the MU-513 road to the entrance to the town of Abarán.

And is that for years there have been pouring into the area of ​​uncontrolled waste of any kind "without measures taken to end this situation. What has turned this place into an illegal dump," as explained.

Hector Quijada, a spokesman for Greenpeace in Abarán, explains that "this situation has been worsening landfill over time and that neither from the council, or from the Autonomous Region, are doing nothing to tackle the problem, and the accumulation of waste going to more "

Quijada explains that in the area are everything.

Since debris from minor works to hazardous waste such as asbestos cement fragments containing asbestos.

And along with these also wrecked cars, lumber, household appliances and electronic waste like computer monitors, glass, clothing, plastics, motor oil and leftover paint, etc.

The complaint alerted to the fact that some of these wastes are dumped on protected flora, as is the case of Teucrium libanitis, a species included in the Regional Catalogue of Protected Flora Murcia, listed as "vulnerable". and is present in that area.

Quijada recalls that "illegal landfills generate significant environmental degradation of the environment. To which is added risks arising from conditions surrounding such places, mainly health and fire type."

Something that says, "is especially acute in this case because the wastes are located just 300 meters from the first houses of the town of Abarán (Carmelo floors.)

Ecologists in Action has filed a complaint with the City of Abarán, the Directorate General Environment of the Autonomous Community and the Department of Nature Conservation (SEPRONA) of the Civil Guard.

In its brief, the organization claims, among other measures, the closure of the landfill and environmental remediation of the area.

Source: Ecologistas en Acción