Tensions are rising in the city over waste management and urban decorum. Roberto Mura, a member of Alleanza Sardegna, harshly criticizes recent statements by Urban Hygiene Councilor Giua Marassi and directly calls the administration led by Mayor Massimo Zedda into question .

According to Mura, the current waste collection system cannot be described as a problem inherited from the distant past.

The representative of Alleanza Sardegna recalls that the contract currently in force was designed and financed by the penultimate Zedda administration, which between 2016 and 2019 tied the Municipality for nine years (seven plus a two-year extension) to a model defined as "rigid and structurally ineffective" in terms of urban decorum.

In the subsequent period, from 2019 to 2024, the center-right government —Mura claims—operated within very stringent contractual constraints, which did not allow for substantial changes to the system. Despite this, some improvements were introduced, including the opening of recycling centers, the activation of the eco-bus, the creation of neighborhood recycling centers, the introduction of shared bins, and the pay-as-you-throw tariff for dry waste.
The most severe criticism, however, concerns the new tender promoted by the current administration, judged to be "substantially identical" to the previous one .

According to Mura, this choice would tie the city to the same model of waste collection and street cleaning for a total of 18 years, without addressing the critical issues that have been highlighted several times.

At the heart of the controversy is also the narrative that, in his opinion, tends to attribute the responsibility for urban decay to citizens .

A reconstruction that Mura, citing data on separate waste collection, defines as "unacceptable": Cagliari is in fact the first metropolitan city in Italy for percentages of separate waste collection.

A result that, according to the representative of Alleanza Sardegna, demonstrates the commitment of citizens, often exceeding the real possibilities offered by the system.

"The responsibility for the dirty city is political and administrative," says the councilor, pointing the finger at those who continue to defend a model considered ineffective in the fight against waste abandonment.

To improve urban cleanliness and decorum, the proposal is to rethink the system's structure , promote citizens' virtuous behavior, make the benefits of separate waste collection more evident on the TARI bill, and follow the example of other Italian and European cities that adopt more flexible and efficient models.

«Continuing on this path – concludes Mura – is not planning, but obstinacy, and the people of Cagliari pay the price every day».

(Unioneonline/Fr.Me.)

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