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Company Accused of Illegal Waste Burial Chosen to Cover Gospić Dump
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Company Accused of Illegal Waste Burial Chosen to Cover Gospić Dump

From Večernji List · () Croatian

Translated from Croatian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Croatia’s Environmental Protection Fund selected Kostak-Graditeljstvo Tehnologija Sirovine to cover hazardous waste buried in Gospić until 33,000 tonnes can be excavated and permanently remediated.
  • The Zagreb-based company offered to do the work for 268,740 euros, below the estimated 400,000 euros excluding VAT.
  • The company was reportedly found last year to have illegally buried municipal waste, and criminal-responsibility inquiries are still ongoing.

A company chosen to cover hazardous waste buried in Gospić was previously found to have illegally buried municipal waste, according to the report.

The Croatian Environmental Protection Fund selected Kostak-Graditeljstvo Tehnologija Sirovine d.o.o. of Zagreb for the work. The company offered to complete it for 268,740 euros, while the estimated value stood at 400,000 euros excluding VAT.

The covering is intended as an interim measure before 33,000 tonnes of buried waste can be excavated and permanently remediated. The selected company will also handle 650 tonnes of waste in the area around a silo, where the material has been left in large bags.

The company is the Croatian branch of the Slovenian municipal-services firm Kostak from Krško. The branch is led by Miljenko Muha. The report said the earlier illegal burial took place at Kostak’s waste-management center in Spodnji Stari Grad, and that the waste had to be excavated and remediated. Investigations into possible criminal responsibility are continuing.

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Originally published by Večernji List in Croatian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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