The mayor of Sinj, Miro Bulj, unilaterally decided to reopen the Mojk landfill on Wednesday, a day after it was closed by the state inspectorate. According to the decision he signed, waste can only be deposited temporarily at the site by Sinj, the city announced.
The decision followed a turbulent morning in front of the Splitsko-dalmatinska County building, where Bulj arrived in a waste truck. The barrier to the official parking lot was not opened, which briefly blocked citizens whose vehicles were parked there. The mayor then briefly addressed the media and met with County President Blažen Boban, but the talk did not bring a solution.
The waste, according to the city's announcement, was intended to be dumped on the plaza in front of the county building, which was prevented by the police. The driver of the truck was fined for illegal parking.
After the meeting, Bulj headed towards Sinj, but changed his mind and returned to the county building. "I thought about it after the ride. I will open Mojk on my own. On it, waste can only be deposited by Sinj, not by Trilj, Hrvace, Dicmo and Otok. I am doing this on my own responsibility," he said.
By an official decision, the previous decision on the management of the landfill was suspended, and the new one is valid until the appeal process is completed and the final decision of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition is made. In the explanation, Bulj states that he made the measure to protect public health and the environment, noting that the City of Sinj is the sole owner of the landfill.
The state inspectorate banned the disposal of waste at Mojk with a decision that, according to the writing of Slobodna Dalmacija, the municipal company Čistoća Cetinske krajine received on 14 July. The company is in joint ownership of Sinj, Trilj, Dicmo, Hrvace and Otok, so the ban left the entire Cetina region without a landfill.
Bulj claims that Mojk never had a use permit, but that the city has prepared all the necessary documentation and built new bins to increase capacity. He recalled that the landfill was to be closed in 2018, when work was to begin on the regional waste management centre Lećevica, which has not yet been opened.
