Regular permits and adequate risk assessments. The project to expand the Su Siccesu landfill in Serdiana can proceed. This decision was made by the Regional Administrative Court of Sardinia, which rejected the appeal of the Legal Intervention Group against the construction of a new 172,000 cubic meter facility for the disposal of non-hazardous waste.

The administrative judges, in a ruling published on October 23, declared some of the GRIG's requests inadmissible, while others were deemed unfounded. The appellants requested that the project be halted because it was deemed incompatible with land protection requirements.

"We acknowledge the Regional Administrative Court's ruling," commented Grig President Stefano Deliperi. "According to the judges, the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) procedure for the expansion of the landfill managed by Ecoserdiana took into account all the preventive analyses necessary to prevent an environmental risk. For us, doubts remain. Cleanup operations are still underway at the site today due to the events of recent years."

In 2019, the ARPAS (Italian Environmental Protection Agency) confirmed the presence of heavy metals in the aquifers in the Donori area. For this incident, last July, the Court of Cagliari sentenced Ecoserdiana's sole director to one year and six months in prison.

"This aspect could have been further investigated," Deliperi maintains. "Instead, the Regional Administrative Court (TAR) found that all necessary assessments had been made to prevent future risks." The TAR also rejected the request to annul the suspension of civic use of the land occupied by the landfill. In this case, the request was declared inadmissible because it was submitted outside the deadline (60 days after the resolution was approved). The Municipality of Serdiana also filed an appeal against the Legal Intervention Group's appeal in August 2025, and recently extended the concession of the land to Ecoserdiana for another eight years, until July 3, 2034. "The land remains tied to the landfill," commented the representatives of the Grig. "We will carefully read the ruling's reasoning to determine whether there are any openings for a possible appeal to the Council of State."

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