Gnawer, shes always not to be there, but a lot of the things that you want to thats when somebody nope, nothing is to be the commission. And theyll dare to say what their project is successful or not that we dont. The success of a project is evaluating. Just decided assessed by members. Nobody. We managed to solve the counties long standing ways and program deals with that. Nursing they live somewhere else and they cant experience what its like to live by a landfill. Thats the situation. Unfortunately, not me. Somebody really doesnt want us to see this. I think no one in the right mind anyways, management operator one take over the system as it is now to try to fix that. Most of the materials to, to, to the source just dump it there. Thats it. So one it took off for a tease and crews county romania over 12 years to bid this new Waste Management center and bring it online. It replaces the infamous path that it waste. Im a giant is it eco facility . Im here to find out if millions of yours european tax past money, but literally wasted here on is after a long delay. This new dispos inside could be passed audits happily as ive done spoiler, its not i know straight away that something is off. When i see drone footage of the land to shot on the day of our visit. And the 1st thing i support is this tire the the tires, just the 1st to secret that the people in charge apparently dont want us or anyone else to see the operate to ignore our requests for permission to fit them inside the dispos aside. Slightly suspicious considering it just opened this here. Tuition of poker and romania has a reputation for poor Waste Management. A few 100 meters from the land for a secular meant that has long been known as europes biggest waste schedule. More than 1500 room i people of the somewhat driven by poverty to move and work us ways pick us as us. What evicted from the city the by were every day they experience life and the shadow of a poorly run garbage dump. That means that add toxic grounds and living without Running Water in the homes. Right. And then your opinion and union between 20142020 of it a was spent free 118200000. Euro on Waste Management in romania, a large chunk of it, educated for closing sap spend the lenses like the one and cut that it into a loan. You invested around 14000000 euros and waste projects up to 20. 20 the money from the saw card structure. The funds are supposed to create equal Environmental Standards and equal standards of living across the floor in who only wants to be identified by his 1st name has moved next to the ord waste dump. Almost all office life company wouldnt control when it rains. The smell is unbearable because the dreadful stench of the cabbage dumps or not all the point of think theres a lot of much hope youre not going to have children often come to school, jesse and will show some and then they have to leave again to clean their shoes because the schools wont let them in and took a Little Something the same classes. The other problem way is the 2nd problem is the diseases we accumulate over time team for really been a lot of people have passed away since we moved here from the local channels and well thoughts on each. So she might, of the vast majority of them got cancer because the hair was so bad, its full of microbes and all these things. Same she mentally. So when they allow pockets school me called football fan with the case, you know, when you think about all of this money, do you feel that its actually reaching you as it has done anything for you . Nonsense and thoughtful when i felt absolutely nothing because for us, nothing changed something but up. So what do you mean . Im talking about a standard of living alone. Even with that, i didnt even with that that i, its very difficult with little money and very low salaries image. So im going to try to come, can we try to avoid the sight of this garbage dump . Because in the past, it was a shame for us centrally. One thing to tell your friends or co work is where you live or to invite someone over for them to see this place was a little bit shameful. The, on the request, itll be a little she knows flooring, works as a garbage truck driver. You seen different gums and cut that it come and stay hospitalized figure it out. By the way, this the on the site where i dump the garbage for at least 6 or 7 years. Cheerful thing, shots are so shop to of some part that is also at the bottom where you can see the grass growing. There was the old dom ruffles that im finding a dump that was set up before i was born. Got a site and im 50 years old. Like a roman colloquy options as young so thats, thats the ord pet rent. But it looked like before, somewhere around here is where flooring this romania joined you in 2007. They were given the deadline until 2009 to close this done. And the pressure from the you commission authorities only start to to shut down the landfill in 2015. But the new Waste Management center wasnt ready. Instead and created waste went to a new temporary dump. It took 5 more years for the ord landfills to be rehabilitated. And another free yes, until april of 2023. For the new facilities to be the except for the operational. Remembering use tile, let me tell you why. Its a drug issue credit because use tires, a one of the items that ive been from going to land fits and the European Union as a Hazardous Waste liquids plan of the items and any uncreated waste land funding is the most tom for form of waste. Dispos that he wants to limit the amount of municipal waste buried in the ground to 10 percent by 2045 at least officially some countries in Northern Europe have all most midland filling history. Why romania, scott bitch misses the target by a long shot. 51 percent of romanian waste was land fitted in 2020. The country also has the most and eco dams on the continent. Over 13000. 00, according to the latest estimates, the European Commission took romania to the European Court of justice twice fulfilling to close land for the fewest counties cafeteria, choosing a poca as an economically booming city and romania as transylvania region. The center looks incredibly keen, and we even found this state of the smart waste bins to separate waste and stored underground. The. Lets have a quick look at the use woods for waste. The main goal is to reduce it by producing less waste by compositing, really using and recycling in romania as a recycling rate for municipal waste. The set 14 percent compared to 49 percent and you countries on average so read in the process of things going wrong and cues to find out. We went all the way back in the waste chain, from the land food to the garbage. Been because to be recycled, waste has to 1st be separated and collected separately. Were in a residential area whos not pull code 1st impressions, people lining up to recycle plastic boxes. This is separate from generally the Waste Collection. People get free best tickets in exchange for plastic boxes the and we see different bins for different types of trash of the you guys recycled your way sometimes sometimes. Yeah. So sometimes he doesnt make sense because the same car is taking the garbage. So if it is not actually recycling is one called the phone to pick everything. And then it happens right in front of our eyes. The truck says today we are collecting paper, but theyre also collecting everything. Its from differently labeled bins. It makes me wonder, is this just a one off some walk and its not following the rules, or is this done across the board . Systematic key, the early the next morning we meet shunned or cutters, for hes a waste expert. He used to be in charge of Waste Management in another town and romania and now run. So recycling business. As an activist, you awesome tracks. The municipal waste includes the after a few minutes we start the 1st garbage truck chapel. Can the book caught this . If it does show you chuck here, we can see that unfortunately, the trash has emptied from several containers. Different categories ive always taken to the same vehicle. And what do you do . Anything with this discourages people from collecting separately pertaining to this quote on trucks across the collect business select were off to a different neighborhood where we follow and now that trucks the so whats have now again, theres like this different types of ways, right . Yes, yes. I think they are mixing or, or theyll be yes. Unfortunately, shawn to attach media. Does this detective work because its hard to come by up to date, locally Waste Collection data. Even though the operate does legally required to keep track. He says romania as Environmental Protection agency, it takes 2 years to validate and publish the data. Over the past decade, recycling rates and romania have consistently been lo, moments locked while the amount of money for cycles are more expensive to collect and mixed waste. They show were not mistake shop and so theres no incentive to collect it separately because the waste fee system doesnt encourage you to not be in place. So connected to the product. So youre things that is the main problem. Why its not working . Yes, its one of the problems. There are also the issues of awareness of the right infrastructure. Weve seen as some containers are well labeled on time, but here theyre not actually what the money from the new was supposed to be spent on a sped out and a lot of details in the project description. 7820 collection bins. 3 ways, transfer stations, excess ro, its 21000 individual combusting units. 17 containers for hazardous municipal waste, 46 containers for by request a wave sorting station, a waste treatment plan, atlanta, the, we saw that at least part of this equipment was purchased and delivered. So whats going wrong i meet again with shunned or cutters free and free as the environmental activists for years now theyve been keeping tabs on clues as waste for me its, its, it looks like a lot of the things that you wanted. Why implement as know on paper . Lets say you know, you can see there are these bins. They bought them, they put them that. But the good thing is as it should be, nothing you cannot show one thing that is done to the book. Its not the deposit is done badly, the sort thing good is done badly. The collecting has done bad lead. Busy of the ways bins are done badly, the transport is done fairly, but what each box can you show that is done by the book we take another look at the drone footage of the new land for the activists. I worried that in recent weeks, the dump has been filling up much faster than a charge, and that it may just be a matter of time to choose his next big habits prices. And its worse then when we do some surveillance with a drone, because we had some, some videos. And then we could look at some big objects, but we didnt see this close detailed. So its really, its a bit towards definitely thoughts. And then we saw it before and then this is not a moment or a mistake. This is a structure, as you can see from the area that these covered with non treated non sorted garbage. That this is general practice when it was start to go down hill, then to what things will become fully enough formation. And then when we were to see people, the garbage, most of them, what do you realize . They dont treat those sort, just dump it there. Its, its so obvious and before that was the activists document their observations on social media, but they dont get much attention from the public or the media. Mars. Here you see by this group on facebook is the local media. We are lacking proper media here in our city. They all kind of gave up or actually doing proper media. And there, there is no interest and no competence may be there are people page to kind of shut up. So what does it and were trying to, we balance, but the only people who will tell us things uh, the activists is really right to get both sides of the story. If there are a way, i guess theyre on 2 sides, but its really hard to get to the other side of the story. And we contacted everyone in charge of the waste. Im curious to try to get access to the Treatment Center and to confront them with what we saw. So con the operator that manage his Waste Collection and treatment. He had never onset. Our cause. All our email is romania as ministry of european investments. All right, so didnt reply to our questions. The supervising locate, Waste Management association sent us a written statement saying that when operating deficiencies found at the Waste Management center correction notices are drawn up and penalties applied. No one politically in charge wanted to talk to me in person. But finally i am granted an interview at twos county town. So they are responsible for implementing the new project. The counselor president refused to meet us. So i get to talk to spokesman. I mean, you go, then you can sit there. Yes, a little sheet. So theres little much else to remind you to solve the counties longstanding, waste problem, homework. He thought we closed all non compliant public landfills and we put the sale and integrated Waste Management center and to use the general of the nipples. He thought it could. You gentle the Management Team think about the show a lot. So from that perspective, its clearly a success. The one suggests weve also assigned the Waste Collection to the court. Its functional how the district would load and weve assigned the operation to the Waste Management center almost. So its a close cycle trip with the measurements. Ill just say what ill just put this one. The 1st one cheek will work hes we observed that and precious the not being recycled and not collected separately and includes. And this is one of the main boards of european west managements that and thats so am i you as the 2 is county not concerned about this . Probably pigs. You still, there are probably some isolated problems and from the club report, if you would clearly its not a systematic issue. And im telling you that as a citizen for some of the got 11 thing that sudden is that a good proportion of the waste is collected entry did separately. And she did the, the got the city depot, select you. Have you been at the new lancer and have you actually looked at the waste and the lens are beautiful now firstly, i was there at several stages of the project. Youre not after it started operations, so not recently, origin. Interested as a the i schools, county to have a functioning Waste Management system. Of course you lose defense with the county council. Theres not a controlling or 40 optic northwest to do, but we have taken on through projects, various contracts, all what the law of launches us to do one practice of traction, lead yall. Nobody go, i dont know you, but its not our responsibility to enforce it on other private and all public entities. So its, weve opted football breach. I actually im surprised that he repeated on camera that they call this a success that they say the Waste Management system is functioning properly. I wasnt expecting that im getting the feeling i really need to find out whats going on inside the Treatment Center up on the activist eastbound circuit has promised to take us close, but hes want us that its not accessible by a public road with the freight of me and its fairly game over somebody really doesnt want us to see this. I think the only thing thats working on that was done deliberately. So people kind of grows disorder and its a fresh thing because uh, there were no, there was no vegetation on the bottom, the, the waste Treatment Center. It was officially opened, and a pro 2020 free eastbound come see a regularly a to check if that has been any progress. Normally, the garbage trucks come all the way down, then up on this is then they should go to that facility over there. And the there should be the belts because they are about to then the whole thing should go to the sift. And whatever remains in the safe is this is more than what the real like, uh, like uh, a small object and so on. Which is which you are allowed to deposit, but again, you need to see if what these down is the same cost as the is least one. If you find bigger object, its beds we can look inside the building. We can see that some garbage has indeed been treated, but its just a fraction and treated waste is still being dumped in the lenses when youre tired and European Commission is uh, shame on you for knowing and not doing anything. Yeah. Yeah, im sure they know its time. I talked to someone at the European Commission in brussels. I have an appointment with stuff on the cash market. Hes the commission Spokes Person for region of the policy which includes the project includes county and told them its opponents invested. For now, the project has been implemented for almost 95 percent and we expect the program to be finalized by the end of december this year. So yes, there has been days, but we see that the, the, the rate of implementation is quite high when, how, how, how is that judge like one of the criteria to say its 95 percent implemented. Im asking because when we were there, we saw that waste is not being separated on a daily basis. That there are trucks that are supposed to collect just lets say pay for all plastics. But we actually fin them collecting all of the waste. And we also went to the landfill and we saw this untreated waste and the new land. So. So i, i think that visa indicates of said whatever i was suppose to happen isnt really watching what i think. Its also important to know that we commission, we agree with the number of states on the indicators on the objectives, but these are objectives for the programs, country, weiss or region why so its and these indicators, objectives then has to be translated by the member states, the actual indicators, objectives for the different projects. So i would say that the management, the follow up of the so these projects really happens by the numbers that i see. The waste is not being separated and its not being recycled. Why is this not part of the objective of the program . Why is wh