Groundwater Poisoned: Protests Against Illegal Waste Imports in Croatia

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"This is waste that was imported, so it's not ours. It automatically creates a sense of repulsion," explained sociologist Dragan Bagić.

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After the massive waste protest, the question of political responsibility can no longer be left to local officials, inspectors and the people who met the trucks at the landfills. If one wants to understand how Croatia ended up in a situation where huge amounts of imported waste have been pouring onto its territory for years, one must also look at the people who created it...

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In Croatia, tens of thousands are protesting against an illegal landfill in Gospic that poisons groundwater and is accused of inaction by the government.

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The authorities would not have removed this landfill, which poisons the ground water in the village, was the message of many banners at the rally. Gospic is located about 25 kilometers inland from the Dalmatian Adriatic coast, about half way between Rijeka and Split.The demonstrators had travelled from all over the country to protest to Zagreb, to which, among other things, the Croatian organization Gospic je nas dom (Gospic is our home country)…