Octavian Berchanou, the former head of the National Environmental Guard, said on Thursday night on the Talk News program on Profit News TV that an amendment was passed in the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday, according to which, on the proposal of the current head of the Environmental Guard, the illegal burning and illegal dumping of waste were decriminalized. writes News.ro. As an example, he cited the fact that one truckload of burned cables produces almost 10 tons of copper, and at a price of 6 euros per kilogram, a profit of 60,000 euros is achieved.

“On Wednesday, the Chamber of Deputies adopted an amendment according to which, on the proposal of the current head of the Ecological Guard, illegal burning and illegal burial of waste, which was announced by the Minister of Environmental Protection a few months ago, is prohibited. , were decriminalized as crimes. This means that landfilling and illegal burning are given free rein for now, because this amendment says that they are crimes when the state proves that they have a major impact on human health and the environment,” Octavian Berchanu said.

He explained that “it’s impossible, there are no tools at the state level to prove it, in places where you have dozens of tons of cable burned, there are no mobile labs that go out into the field with the Environmental Protection Agency and the police to conduct these measurements”.

Bercanu also said that from some materials on the Internet, those who engaged in such illegal arsons talk about the profits they receive. “One truckload of burned cable produces almost 10 tons of copper, that’s 6 euros per kilogram of copper, so from a fire, on the outskirts of the capital at night, from burning a cable car, you produce 60 thousand euros and they said that the police are coming, more are coming and others, you give more and they still have 50,000 euros,” said Bercanu, saying it was a group of several people.

“We are talking about an international organized crime group that burns a lot of waste and not only cables, but also car interiors, which are extremely toxic, and nothing happens, we see no arrests or convictions,” the former head of the environmental service charged. Guardian.

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