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Regional Landfills – A Health Risk

byЦивика мобилитас

A thousand landfills. About fifty municipal ones, but operating without permits. Only one is legal and operates according to standards. Macedonia is buried in waste. Environmental protection laws exist, but there is no implementation. Why? It costs money. The state budget has no funds allocated for this purpose. The burden will have to be carried by citizens through higher waste collection fees. But no politician would dare make such a decision!

This story was produced within the project “Reporting on Civil Society and Its Influence on Social Change”, implemented by the Macedonian Institute for Media in partnership with the Center for Investigative Journalism – SKUP Macedonia, with financial support from the Civica Mobilitas program.

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