Following the emissions that have occurred at the fertilizer plant over the past two weeks, the Ministry of the Environment has discovered “deficiencies” and ordered a preventive shutdown of the operation until they are resolved.
The Basque government has ordered the closure of the Profersa de Zorroza company as a precaution, as EiTB Media has learned.
Following the two incidents recorded at the fertilizer factory in the last fifteen days, the Ministry of the Environment of the Basque Government inspections where “deficiencies” were found probably related to the events.
For this reason, the Basque government has closed the company until the problems that led to the preventive shutdown are resolved. In that case you would be allowed to restart production.
The company reports that there has been no activity at the factory since Friday, as it was decided on Sunday not to open this week until it was analyzed what had happened.
Last Saturday, a cloud of smoke coming from the Profersa company caused the confinement of the residents of the area for several hours, although by midnight the cloud had already dissipated and normality returned. In the meantime, they advised the population to close doors and windows and stay in their homes until the smoke cloud cleared.
Last 26 April There was also a chemical incident.
The residents of the area have been asking “Sader and Profersa to leave the urban area of Bilbao” for some time and the residents believe that these two companies that process hazardous waste and produce fertilizers pose a danger to them.
EH Bildu and Elkarrekin Podemos demand that Profersa and Sader be permanently removed from Bilbao
EH Bildu and Elkarrekin Podemos have expressed their satisfaction with the closure of Profersa de Zorrotza and have agreed to demand the permanent departure of both that factory and Sader from the Bilbao urban area.
The spokesperson for EH Bildu in Bilbao, María del Río has pointed out that the precautionary closure of the factory “highlights the lack of safety of the facilities, repeatedly denounced by neighborhood associations, and the threat that this company’s emissions can pose to public health.” Moreover, he recalled that the transfer of Profersa was fully agreed in 2018 and has still not been realized six years later.
For her part, the spokesperson said Elkarrekin We can download it At the Bilbao City Council, Ana Viñals appreciated this closure “for the neighbors who are affected daily by the bad fumes of Profersa.” “There is no playing with public health and that is why we will not stop until Sader also leaves Bilbao. These types of companies cannot be located near towns or cities,” he stated.
Source: EITB
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