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How How Illegal Illegal
Dumping Dumping Affects Affects
YouYouKratovo, May Kratovo, May 20102010
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Introduction• Volunteer Ecology Kratovo (VEK) read the
Municipality of Kratovo’s 2008 Local Environmental Action Plan (LEAP).
• In section 5.3.3. of the LEAP, several illegal dumpsites in the town of Kratovo are listed
• VEK wanted to know if these illegal dumpsites still existed, if there were other illegal dumpsites, inform the public of their locations and the negative effects illegal dumps have on public health.
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Results
Illegal Dumpsites Size
Near Argulishki Bridge and Burekov Bridge
330 m2
Merak Neighborhood 1550 m2
Koshari Neighborhood 1829 m2
Near the bridge by the Bus Station 2394 m2
Karshi Bavcha Park 3076 m2
Near Jokshirski Bridge 4019 m2
Stara Musala 4993 m2
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Near Argulishki Bridge and Burekov Bridge
• When investigating what the LEAP calls “at Gligor Pazavanski Street (under Radin bridge)” VEK found the two small dumpsites next to and under Argulishki Bridge and Burekov Bridge that total an area of 330 m2.
• The dumpsite at Burekov Bridge adds garbage into the Manceva River.
• The dumpsite at Argulishki Bridge adds garbage into the B. Karina River.
• These two rivers combine to form the Sarajska River shortly after these dumpsites.
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Near Argulishki Bridge and Burekov Bridge
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Near Argulishki Bridge Near Argulishki Bridge and Burekov Bridgeand Burekov Bridge
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Near Argulishki Bridge and Burekov Bridge
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Karshi Bavcha Park
• Karshi Bavcha Park is located along side the Sarajska River.
• The illegal dumpsite here covers most of the park and the ravine leading down to the river totaling an area of 3076 m2.
• This site is not a household dumping sit but a dumpsite formed by people using the park who decided that it is an acceptable place to throw garbage.
• This site is comprised of very little organic refuse, but a high concentration of plastic
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Karshi Bavcha Park
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Karshi Karshi Bavcha Bavcha
ParkPark
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Karshi Karshi Bavcha Bavcha
ParkPark
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Karshi Karshi Bavcha Bavcha
ParkPark
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Stara Musala• The biggest illegal dumpsite is at Stara
Musala, as mentioned in the LEAP, totaling 4993 m2
• The enormous amounts garbage deposited in the stream valley at Stara Musala flows into the Tabachka River
• Not only is water getting polluted here but also numerous chickens were seen eating the garbage
• These are chickens that will likely be part of the food chain in the form of eggs or meat.
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Stara Musala
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Stara Musala
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Stara Musala
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Stara Musala
CHICKEN
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Stara Musala
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Near Jorkshirski Bridge
• The Tabachka River flows through the town center and more garbage is added to the flow from the illegal dumpsite near the Jorkshirski Bridge.
• As mentioned in the LEAP, there is illegal dumping in-between Carsiski Bridge and Jokshirski Bridge
• VEK also found dumping on the other side toward Amamski Bridge as well, creating the second largest dumpsite with a total area of 4019 m2.
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Near Jorkshirski Bridge
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Near Jorkshirski Bridge
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Near Jorkshirski Near Jorkshirski BridgeBridge
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Near Near Jorkshirski Jorkshirski
BridgeBridge
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Near Near JorkshirskJorkshirski Bridgei Bridge
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Near Near JorkshirsJorkshirski Bridgeki Bridge
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Near the bridge by the Bus Station
• The Tabachka River joins the Sarajska River near the Hotel Kratis to form the Kratovska River and flows along the western part of the city.
• The next significant dumpsite is near the bridge by the Bus Station with an area of 2394 m2
• The LEAP mentions “along the Kratovska River” in general but this is by far the most used spot.
• Here the ravine is covered in garbage that will eventually end up in the Kratovska River.
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Near the bridge by the Bus Station
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Near the bridge by Near the bridge by the Bus Stationthe Bus Station
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Near the Near the bridge by bridge by the Bus the Bus StationStation
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Near the bridge Near the bridge by the Bus by the Bus
StationStation
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Koshari Neighborhood
• Another illegal dumpsite is in the northern part of the town in a stream valley in the Koshari Neighborhood.
• As mentioned in the LEAP, garbage has been dumped in an area of 1829 m2.
• This stream flows into the Kratovska River near the Sileks office.
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Koshari Neighborhood
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Koshari Neighborhood
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Merak Neighborhood
• In the Western part of town there is a significant illegal dumpsite at Merak Neighborhood, as mentioned in the LEAP, with an area of 1550 m2.
• This is in a stream valley next to the football stadium where the stream and garbage also empty into the Kratovska River.
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Merak Neighborhood
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Merak Neighborhood
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•The illegal dumpsites at Argulishki Bridge, Burekov Bridge, and at the Merak Neigborhood were right next to places with two or three garbage dumpsters.
•This led VEK to the conclusion that the Municipality of Kratovo recognized that these were good locations for garbage dumpsters and that placing them there was a great effort to prevent further dumping.
•It seems, however, that the dumping is – still going on or – there was so much dumping in the past that a
lot of garbage still remains a the dumpsites
Results
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Results• The rest of the dumpsites were not near
garbage dumpsters.
• There are numerous other smaller illegal dumpsites around the city of Kratovo.
• The seven mentioned here are the biggest indicating numerous people are using them.
• The only significant illegal dumpsite VEK found that was not mentioned at all in the Kratovo LEAP was at Karshi Bavcha Park.
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Garbage Accumulation• Since all of these dumpsites are located in or
near the rivers, all of the streams and rivers of Kratovo have banks strewn with garbage.
• While collecting data, it was found that in addition to the general garbage covering the river banks that there are 39 total points of significant garbage accumulation in the river as a result of this illegal dumping.
• These are spots where large amounts of garbage have accumulated over time from floating in the rivers and streams .
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Garbage Accumulation
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Good News
• The other illegal dumpsites mentioned in the LEAP are:
– in the Tabacka Neighborhood
– by the meteorological station
– at the carpenter's workshop of Sileks
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Tabacka Neighborhood
• VEK found the Tabacka Neighborhood to be cleaner than most other parts of the town.
• There was much less litter here on the roads and in the river.
• The area called “the beach” was supposed to have a lot of garbage but VEK found it to be clean
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““The Beach” in The Beach” in Tabacka Tabacka NeighborhoodNeighborhood
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By the Meteorological Station
• The area by the meteorlogical station has had a building built there and if there was garbage it is no longer able to be seen.
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Near the carpenter's workshop of Sileks
• The area by the carpenter's workshop of Sileks next to the Kratovska River along Nikola Tesla Street seems to be used less than it used to.
• There is still some garbage along the slope down to the river, but not enough to indicate that many people are dumping here on a consistent basis.
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Health• The illegal dumpsites and sites of garbage
accumulation show that there is little public awareness of the negative health effects illegal dumping has on humans and the natural environment.
• Thirty years ago and earlier, most of the garbage thrown away in Macedonia contained natural substances.
• There was not much plastic or dangerous chemicals contained in the garbage. So if it was thrown into illegal dumps or the river, there was much less negative pollution of the ground and water.
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Health
• Unfortunately, most of our garbage today contains plastic or contains dangerous chemicals.
• Plastic has made our life quite convenient.
• But plastic is made from oil and it contains chemicals that are bad for our health.
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Health
• Plastic will take 450 years to 1000 years to decompose completely.
• However, it does decompose a little bit at a time, especially if it is in water.1
• As it breaks down little by little, it releases dangerous chemicals into the water or ground.
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Health
• Plastics contain endocrine disruptor chemicals, like phthalates and bisphenol A (BPA).2
• The endocrine system controls the hormone levels produced in the human body.
• Your endocrine system controls your hormone levels.
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Health
• Endocrine disruptor chemicals trick our bodies into thinking that they are hormones.
• These disrupting fake hormones can cause breast and prostate cancer, obesity, neurobehavioral problems, and reproductive abnormalities, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and abnormalities in liver enzymes.3,4
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Recommendations• VEK hopes that the public will take
this scientific information seriously.
• The people of Kratovo do not need to have health problems because of illegal dumping.
• VEK recommends that Kratovo’s citizens use garbage dumpsters, garbage cans, and recycle bins to properly dispose of their solid waste.
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Recommendations
• Like at the illegal dumpsites at Argulishki Bridge, Burekov Bridge, and at the Merak Neighborhood, citizens can throw their garbage in the containers instead of walking past the containers to throw them into the river.
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Recommendations
• VEK would also recommend that citizens recycle PET plastic, as plastic creates the most dangerous health situation in the environment.
• Kratovo has a PET plastic recycling collection system in place. The containers are placed around the town and VEK would hope that citizens walk a little out of their way to use them.
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Recommendations
• For the other five major illegal dumpsites, VEK would recommend that the Municipality of Kratovo place garbage dumpsters there for people to use.
• Garbage containers conveniently placed for citizens to use will help stop illegal dumping.
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Recommendations
• VEK would also recommend that the Municipality of Kratovo place more recycling containers around town to encourage people to recycle more.
• Studies have shown “‘make recycling easy’ was the overwhelming message from both the focus groups and the household surveys”5.
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Works Cited
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• 2 Koch, Holger M., and Antonia M. Calafat. 2009 Human body burdens of chemicals used in plastic manufacture. Philosphical Transactions of the Royal Society Biological Sciences 364, 2063-2078. (doi:10.1098/rstb.2008.0208)
• 3 Thompson, Richard C. et al. 2009 Plastics, the environment and human health: current consensus and future trends. Philosphical Transactions of the Royal Society Biological Sciences 364. 2153-2166. (doi:10.1098/rstb.2009.0053)
• 4 Vogel, Sarah A. 2009. The Politics of Plastics: The Making and Unmaking of Bisphenol A "Safety". American Journal of Public Health 99, S559–S566. (doi:10.2105/AJPH.2008.159228)
• 5 Strange, Kit. 2003. Overview of Waste Management Options: Their Efficacy and Acceptability. Environmental and Health Impact of Solid Waste Management Activities: issues in Environmental Science and Technology. 48.