Coast of Turkey’s Zonguldak overwhelmed by rubbish

Although the coast of the Kozlu district of Zonguldak is swamped with rubbish, some individuals sat all the way down to take pleasure in a picnic in the midst of the environmental catastrophe, ignoring the medical and family waste that the ocean had vomited again.

Those that flocked to the seashore in Zonguldak over the weekend had been met with piles of rubbish within the Kozlu district.

Home and medical waste, which unfold over an space of about 4 kilometers (2.5 miles), stunned the residents. Whereas some individuals returned, expressing anger on the authorities for not cleansing up the realm, others selected to take pleasure in a picnic by lighting up their barbecue grills.

Ilker Kaplan, a resident, mentioned he wished to spend the weekend on the seashore along with his wife and little one. “You may see the mess. Nature vomited the filth that folks threw into nature all winter,” mentioned Kaplan, underlining that they might be very joyful if the seashore shall be cleaned.

“This place was a rubbish dump. They most likely threw the medical wastes of our hospital right here. The ocean vomited it again out,” he added.

‘I used to be stunned by these picnicking in rubbish’

Binnaz Taşçı, who got here to Zonguldak from Izmir to go to, mentioned that she was very stunned to see one of the crucial stunning seashores of town surrounded by rubbish.

Stating that she couldn’t perceive how individuals had picnics surrounded by the rubbish, Taşçı mentioned, “It is extremely unhealthy for individuals to stroll round within the filth. It’s a deplorable state of affairs. It’s actually merciless to show this stunning nature into this, individuals are actually merciless. I’m in awe proper now.”

“I’ve seen loads of syringes. There may be plastic waste,” she added.

Stating that the authorities ought to urgently care for this air pollution, Taşçı mentioned, “This place must be cleaned as quickly as doable. I don’t perceive how individuals eat and drink right here. Are the individuals who stay and are available right here used to it? Is it identical to this? What will be executed? It doesn’t appear very tough, truly. It could be very stunning if all of the trash is cleared away.”

“Disgrace on us for destroying the attractive nature, it’s a sin,” mentioned Taşçı, including that magnificence is being wasted because of the trash.

The rubbish comes from an space situated by the ocean within the Kozlu district which was getting used as a landfill website for a few years.

Its use as dumping grounds was terminated after the power in Sapça grew to become operational. Nonetheless, the rubbish within the large space was dragged into the Black Sea to be swept away by excessive waves within the winter season. The waves dragged waste akin to plastic, glass, bottles, syringes, serum, together with medical waste, to the seashore on the Kozlu coast. Consequently, the seashore was virtually fully coated with rubbish heaps.

Though the residents knowledgeable the native governments in regards to the state of affairs, no concrete work has begun but for the cleansing of the waste.