Kuban has declared a state of high alert due to a collapse at landfills.
Test sites in the Krasnodar Krai are overflowing. Authorities in ten municipalities have declared a state of high alert, but only officially announced it on October 28.
In ten municipalities Of the Krasnodar Territory The authorities have declared a high alert regime "due to the exhaustion of the capacity" of landfills. The regime was introduced on October 22, but сообщили It was only officially announced today.
Among these municipalities are resort areas: Sochi, Tuapse District, Novorossiysk, Goryachiy Klyuch, Temryuk District.
What is known about the regime at the training grounds?
The landfills are overflowing, some are operating "as temporary collection points," while others are "subject to reconstruction, which will take a long time." However, the document gives the Krasnodar Krai administration the legal right to use them to prevent waste collection disruptions.
The high-alert regime will remain in effect until landfills are reconstructed and new ones are created. Work is currently underway in the region to build ten such facilities, according to a government statement.
Reaction in the region and in local public groups
Kuban journalist Andrey Koshik said, that the governor thus "signed off on the failure of the garbage reform." The topic is also being discussed in local public groups.
"So why the heightened alert? Is Kuban turning into a shithole, or is all the crap in Temryuk going to flow from the landfill into the sea? It's been obvious for a long time! How many years has this government been sitting there doing nothing!"
- writes one of the commentators.
There were warnings about the problem before.
"A constant pain point" called Krasnodar Krai head of Rosprirodnadzor Svetlana Radionova back in 2023. One of the reasons, she said, was the tourist influx. At the time, there was talk of the Belorechensk landfill and the landfill near Novorossiysk being overflowing, while the landfill in Temryuk was "at its capacity limit."
