About half of the cargo has been faraway from Latvia as a part of the United Nations World Meals Programme, whereas the opposite half, greater than 120,000 tons, continues to be saved in Latvian warehouses and it’s unclear when they are often disposed of.
Environmental authorities take into account this example critical. The best concern of the State Environmental Safety Service (SEPS) is the storage of fertilizers on the Programs Recycling enterprise within the port of Riga, the place about 6,000 tons of frozen fertilizers are saved in a warehouse and in 100 containers.
Director of the regional division of GSOS Kalvis Avotins attracts consideration to the truth that storage at this enterprise happens with out full compliance with authorized necessities, that’s, there isn’t a program for managing security dangers when working with such cargo. Though minimal security precautions are noticed and there are not any instant dangers, the priority is that not less than six several types of fertilizer are saved right here in several packages, and their removing may very well be tough and expensive.
The corporate spends about 40,000 euros a month to fulfill elevated safety necessities.
Programs Recycling has repeatedly appealed to the related authorities, ministries, parliament and the president with a request to discover a resolution and assist do away with fertilizers. The top of Programs Recycling, Ivar Vallis, says:
“Repeated correspondence over two months didn’t produce any outcomes, quite the opposite, solely disagreeable penalties. We have been fined by authorities authorities in circumstances past our management, and incurred different bills.”
The Ministry of Environmental Safety and Regional Growth is in search of alternative routes to eliminate fertilizers saved at System Recycling. A report on fixing this drawback was submitted to the federal government in April, however its consideration was postponed – in all probability till the autumn.
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2024-05-28 05:44:15