PORTUGAL: Portugal litters landscape with tons of rubble
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MOUNTAIN rubble of the illegal dumping sites and pages on the road has led to a new law on the regulation of ecological construction. The 5.2 million tons of material per year illegal dumping on the part of the addition to the roads, on the banks of rivers and in the open landscape could soon be a thing of the past. By June, new laws require construction companies to separate Schutt, and send to recycling, a milestone was addressed by the environmental group Quercus. Nunes Correia, Minister for the Environment, is convinced that the new law leads to improved environmental quality in the country. The law aims to Portugal for a future European Union directive on buildings and recycling of waste dumping. While applauding the action, Quercus pointed out a number of contradictions, with the problem of companies that are not legally obliged to devote a certain percentage of the reuse of rubble in new construction projects. “Companies specialized distinct, and may send waste for recycling, but there is no law to compel companies, in fact, with a part in the construction of projects,” said Pedro Carteiro Quercus. The environmentalists gave the example, widespread in Brazil, with tires and roads Altgummi, practised by companies such as Petrobras. Without such a law to take charge, it can still cheaper than for construction companies to bury construction waste and treatment of waste in landfills. “During the year 2006, it was decided that the companies would have to pay five dollars for each ton of waste deposited in landfills. “This legislation reduces this value to two euros per tonne,” said Quercus Cármen Lima, who said that the Government’s policy with regard to construction and demolition is contradictory and is not intended to promote the recovery of waste for construction materials. Quercus also issues such as the right to be applied, and the police, the landfill of waste building. |