The meeting led to a formal request from the City Council for detailed written information and a proposal to create an institutional coordination table. According to the regional Executive, the landfill is under continuous surveillance and undergoes two annual inspections. Deficiencies detected in the latest report do not, for now, require urgent action.
As it is a private facility, owned by Verter Recycling, the Administration can only intervene directly in cases of justified emergency. The mayor expressed concern about the company's lack of response, which made it difficult to fulfill its obligations. In this regard, she emphasized that citizens “deserve certainty and prevention” and assured that the City Council would remain “vigilant”.
“"We want the answers in writing and accompanied by documentation."
In this scenario, the City Council requested written information on inspections, technical urgency criteria, contingency plans, or courses of action in case of non-compliance, as well as access to data from the environmental monitoring plan. Gámiz also proposed creating a periodic coordination table to evaluate the follow-up.
The Ermua City Council confirmed that it would maintain active monitoring, prioritizing public health. The mayor concluded that they would act “with institutional loyalty, yes; but without letting down their guard”.
