Trapani: Controls to combat illegal dumping of hazardous waste in the province

Erice

The soldiers of the station have an area of ​​approximately 20 thousand square meters was seized. where a real illegal landfill of hazardous materials was created and where waste of all kinds was found: car and caravan carcasses, Eternit sheets, furniture as well as construction waste and building waste. The entire area was seized and entrusted to the owner of the land. Investigations are underway to trace the authors of this immense open-air landfill.

Mazara del Vallo

The Forestry Carabinieri have instead A truck loaded with waste was stopped and checked which, having entered the countryside of Mazara del Vallo, he was unloading the waste he was transporting (excavated earth and rock, irrigation pipes, plastic processing residues and waste products) into an old disused quarry.

On that occasion, the military identified and reported the people on board the vehicle (a 76-year-old, a 64-year-old and a 61-year-old) and proceeded to seize the area and the truck used for transport.