“This Is How Illegal Dump Sites Begin”: Zagreb Residents Angered by Waste Left Beside Containers

Large bags filled with construction waste were left beside containers in Zagreb’s Utrine neighborhood, near Balotin prilaz, angering a local resident. He shared a photograph in a neighborhood Facebook group and warned that the rubbish would simply continue to pile up.

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These people should face heavy fines!

“These people should face heavy fines,” he wrote. The bags, he said, appeared to contain rubble that should have been disposed of legally elsewhere. They did not belong with plastic, paper or organic waste, and the city cleaning service was not required to remove them with ordinary recyclables.

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This is how illegal dump sites are created. Tomorrow, someone else will add more waste.

“This is how illegal dump sites are created. Tomorrow, someone else will add more waste,” he added. Another Utrine resident said people had repeatedly left bulky waste on Fancevljev prilaz. What began with a single plank had grown into a mixture of discarded items.

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Some hero unloaded the excess under cover of darkness. And the recycling facility is only a few kilometers away.

A similar scene appeared in neighboring Zapruđe, where large bags containing rubbish, clothing, books and other belongings were left beside waste containers. One resident blamed someone who had unloaded unwanted items under cover of darkness, despite a recycling facility being only a few kilometers away. Another commenter questioned whether the cameras installed there served any purpose.

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You cannot do anything about citizens’ lack of culture. On Fancevljev prilaz, people have left bulky waste several times.