Department of Environment in the field of waste management of tires from 2012 until today, said in the show « Morning Inspection “of Politis 107.6 and 97.6 , the Audit Officer and Spokesperson of the Audit Service Marios Petridis.
“Annual reports,” he added, “must be drawn up and submitted by the management bodies, no collection and transfer program is attached, while the environmental information programs are considered incomplete and do not meet the licensing conditions.”
He further pointed out that no inspections are carried out by the Department of Environment, saying that the Service found an accumulation of huge quantities of used tires in the Vasilikos Cement Factory, something that is mentioned in the report of 2017 and 2021. “For these quantities”, he said, “They have not been managed.”
He went on to say that the Audit Office had pointed out the dangers at a meeting of the parliamentary Audit Committee in 2021 and “the Department of the Environment was reassuring and asked us why we are so worried.” p>
“Nothing has been done despite the instructions”
A spokesman for the Audit Office said: “Some people do not seem to understand the issue of risk management, which says that if you have an event that is unlikely to happen and which has a huge impact on the environment and public health. and consequently in the state finances, I should in no case let this happen. It's my responsibility not only to force companies to comply, but also to do a lot of on-site inspections. “
“Despite the instructions and prompts of the Audit Service”, he added, “to the Department of Environment for on-site visits and recording of the situation, nothing has been done. They have not even informed us if on-the-spot checks have been carried out. “
What should be done?
Asked what should be done from now on, Mr. Petridis replied that everything that the EU says must be done, that is, to comply with the procedures provided so that we do not go back to the pre-EU times, when someone had twenty tires and threw them in the adjacent field. >
Listen to the intervention of the spokesman of the Audit Office, Marios Petridis, in the “Morning Inspection” broadcast by Politis 107.6 & amp; 97.6:
