Opposition to demand termination of landfill contract in Belgrade

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N1 Belgrade
04. avg. 2019. 18:28
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The head of the opposition's parliamentary group in the Belgrade City Assembly, Nikola Jovanovic, told N1 that he would seek the termination of the public-private partnership agreement on the Vinca landfill with the French-Japanese consortium "The Consortium of SUEZ Groupe SAS & I-Environment Investments limited."

Jovanovic said the contract to provide municipal waste treatment and disposal services in the Vinca landfill is detrimental to Belgrade, as the city pledged to pay € 38 million annually for the incineration of waste, which would result in citizens' bills increasing by some 70 percent.

When one adds hidden costs - such as the construction of infrastructure and the purchase of electricity and heat that will be produced in landfill at prices much higher than in the EU – Belgrade residents will have to pay over €1.5 billion over the next 30 years, which is the length of the contract, while the Franco-Japanese consortium will invest €330 million, Jovanovic warned.

A representative of the civic initiative "Don't suffocate Belgrade" Vladimir Radojicic told N1 that the waste incinerator in Vinca poses a great risk to the health of citizens, as it will release heavy metals that are not measured by any laboratory in the region.

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