I have been calm from the first moment of the formation of this government and we are implementing everything set out in the cabinet program. Our program is 4 years old. This was stated by the Minister of Environment and Water Manol Genov in the program “Face to Face“ on bTV, quoted by novini.bg.
The vote of no confidence is for unregulated landfills. There have been such for 20 years. From the first moment as a minister, I have started a fight against these landfills. We should not look at waste as garbage, but as an element of the circular economy. Waste contains raw materials that, after being recycled, can be put to new use, the Minister of Environment urged.
He urged the opposition to submit all the votes they have in mind to consider them in the National Assembly so as not to waste valuable parliamentary time. This is harmful to the Bulgarian people.
Manol Genov cited a report from which it is clear that since the beginning of the year 5094 signals have been submitted, immediate inspections have begun, and prescriptions have been issued to the mayors. All these signals have been processed at 70-80%. Over 60 acts of administrative violations have been drawn up.
He specified that the mayors of the settlements are obliged to prevent the existence of unregulated landfills. In his words, the mayors declare that they have limited resources and powers. “We have planned legislative changes that will expand their powers, they can install video surveillance, it is even proposed that they can remove the registration plates of violators' cars. We need to think about the size of the penalty according to the damage caused“, explained Minister Genov.
Bulgaria imports various waste from abroad because it has the ability to process it, he also announced.