Wastes : 270.000 tonnes left to stock !

The serial of rubbish dump in the department is definitely a real bad one. Latest episode : the re-closure of the La Glacière site in Villeuneuve-Loubet. The last resort rubbish dump. In March 2000, the cancellation of the prefect order which authorizes the exploitation of the La Glacière rubbish dump has posed a serious problem : the whole west of the department was without any solution to stock its 270.000 tonnes of wastes. (see article 'Déchets urbains : le fiasco de La Glacière').

A serious problem for the buildings and works sector which have no solution left to dump the rubble and for the industrialists of the French Riviera. In order to avoid the stifling, the Prefect managed to deliver a new authorization for La Glacière on October 17th 2000. This authorization has been suspended by the Nice administrative court in the end of last week. So, the site closed down on Friday January 19th in the evening and from Monday January 22nd onwards, industrialists as well as individuals have to find new waste stocking sites. Easy to say…