Annoyance -profound- generated in Chillán Viejo the announcements from Biobío, regarding that a large part of the household waste from the commune of Talcahuano, would be deposited in the sanitary landfill of that city of Ñublensina.
Although in Talcahuano, and in other communes of Biobío, such as Lota or Hualpén, there is a crisis due to the garbage situation, this situation is forecast to be even more serious due to the imminent closure of the Hidronor SA landfill plant, which will also It would affect Florida, so it is speculated that these towns also propose Chillán Viejo as a solution.
According to what was stated by Diario Concepción, in the April 28 edition, the mayor of Talcahuano, Henry Campos, explained that after two unsuccessful calls for bids, the direct treatment system was used, with the company that will take the waste to the Volta Ecobío plant, in Chillán Viejo.
Consulted in this regard, the mayor of Chillanveja, Jorge del Pozo described the measure as part of “a political bullying that we have been suffering for years. It is a situation of arrogance that we have been denouncing in various government bodies and we have never achieved anything. The other day, the mayor of Hualqui said that thank God his problem had been solved, but the point is that they sent the problem to us.
The community chief explained that the sanitary landfill currently receives garbage from the 21 communes of Ñuble, so they have already had to protect the hygiene of their streets through various ordinances that have allowed them to file violations against trucks that access Chillán Viejo, leaving a trail of waste and liquids percolated in its path.
On the other hand, according to the studies of the Regional Superintendence of the Environment, the Ecobío sanitary landfill has a useful life that expires in 2034, but only if its usefulness for the 21 communes of Ñuble and others, such as Lota or La Florida who have been depositing in Ñuble for a couple of years.
It is estimated that only in the regional capital of Ñuble, the amount of household garbage removed in a month ranges between 7 and 8 tons.
Therefore, if others are added, especially the size of a city like Talcahuano, the estimated useful life will be even less.
“And do you think that the governor of Biobío is going to authorize us to leave our garbage to them?” ironed the mayor, who pointed out that this environmental problem is already a mess that will end up affecting the region in its entirety.
free transfer
Another of the reasons on which the mayor from Chillanveja relies to blame the regional governments rather than understanding the problem only as a residual damage from negotiations between private parties (the Volta company), is that “the transfers of this garbage, for the The municipalities of these communes are totally free, because they are financed by the Subdere or the Regional Government, entities that are aware that they have another waste facility in Los Angeles, which is from their own region”.
From the Government of Ñuble they stated that on the issue of household waste management “we have a very clear opinion, which we have discussed on repeated occasions: each region has the responsibility of taking charge of the treatment of its waste, being proactive in the search for solutions”, commented the governor, Óscar Crisóstomo.
The authority highlighted that “in Ñuble we have only one plant of these characteristics, which has the right capacity for the region, in fact, there is work that the Superintendency and the Environmental Seremi are already doing, which estimates the closing date of the Chillán Viejo landfill, since it is hardly a place that can be considered as a long-term solution for other places”.
Crisosotomo says that, in any case, he trusts that the Biobío Region will be able to solve this situation in a good way, with the conditions and capacities that they have, without affecting the conditions and realities of surrounding territories.
In the commune of Chillán Viejo they do not seem so optimistic
