He had turned part of his company that produces building materials into an illegal landfill. The staff of the Iglesias Forestry Investigative Unit discovered it during a raid on the company in Santa Lucia, in Fluminimaggiore.

«In the entire area occupied by the company - explain the Forestry Department - special, dangerous and non-hazardous waste was found, managed in an irregular manner: used engine oil, filters, out of use tyres, engine and truck bodywork components, entire trucks, inert materials derived from demolition and construction activities.

The owner will be denounced for violations of environmental legislation: «In particular - the investigators continue - for the crime of uncontrolled deposit of waste, sanctioned by art. 256, paragraph 1, lett. a) and b) of Legislative Decree no. 152/2006 and subsequent amendments and additions, which provide, for the most serious offence, relating to special hazardous waste, the penalty of imprisonment from six months to two years and a fine from 2,600 euros to 26,000 euros. For the purpose of regularizing his position and reclaiming the area, the entrepreneur was given specific instructions on how to correctly select and dispose of waste».

(Unioneonline/lf)

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