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Plastic waste trucks originating in Romania, Poland and Bulgaria are staying at the Lesovo border checkpoint on their way to a processing plant in Turkey. This was established by an inspection of the Regional Inspectorate for Environment and Water (RIEW) – Stara Zagora on May 21, after it was alerted by the Customs Bureau – Lesovo, according to the Ministry of Environment.
According to the inspection, some of the trucks transited through the territory of Bulgaria, went to the Lesovo checkpoint, but were returned by the Turkish authorities and are currently at the border. All 11 trucks were inspected and found to be transporting plastic waste to the Republic of Turkey. The vehicles were returned on the basis of an Administrative Decision for the return of the Customs Directorate “Hamzabeyli” (Turkey) on the basis of Art. 181/3-c of the Customs Regulation of the Republic of Turkey, as the waste is not suitable for import into Turkey.
RIEW – Stara Zagora has established that there is compliance of the transported waste with the accompanying documentation. Once the Turkish side has returned the trucks, they should be returned to the country of dispatch (from where the relevant services started), for which purpose it is necessary to provide the Lesovo border checkpoint with correctly completed documents under Annex VII of Regulation (EC) №1013 / 2006 regarding the shipments of waste with indicated return route, time and point at which they will leave the territory of Bulgaria.
According to information at the Lesovo Customs Checkpoint, at 12 noon on 22.05.2021, in addition to the 11 trucks, there are 3 other trucks (from Slovakia, Croatia and Romania) that arrived there today. At the moment, they have been stopped, are not allowed on the territory of the Republic of Turkey and are in the parking lot of the Lesovo border checkpoint.
All competent bodies under Art. 116 of the Waste Management Act in order to trace the route of the trucks until the final departure from the territory of the country. The aim is for the control bodies of the Ministry of Environment and Water to ensure that the waste will not be dumped on the territory of Bulgaria.
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