Hazardous pharmaceutical waste in the bed of the river Kir, institutions deny responsibility

Dozens of boxes of Vitamin C 500 mg tablets were thrown, which have a production year of January 2021 and an expiration date of December 2022.

Boxes of expired vitamins were dumped in a ruined building near the Kir River, which were then scattered on the riverbed by atmospheric conditions or animals. For two weeks, these pharmaceutical wastes have been scattered in this area and on the river bed, but no one has taken measures to remove or dispose of them.

The problem was detected by the institutions in the middle of February, when the residents raised the alarm, but until today nothing has been done and nothing is known about the perpetrators.

“We are afraid for the children and ourselves because it is not normal for these to be thrown here and like that”, one of the residents claim.

In the Rrethinat Administrative Unit, administrator Gerald Hasaj told “Fiks Fare” that the unit has been informed two weeks ago and is working to solve the problem. He explains that they have the duty to verify on the ground and forward the problem to Shkodër Municipality, which they have done.

Shkodër Municipality claims that it has carried out verifications in the field and has started investigations to find the offenders. The municipality has alerted institutions such as the National Inspectorate of Territory Protection, as this case is classified as an environmental crime. The Lezhë Regional Environmental Protection Agency has also been informed. The director of communication in the Municipality of Shkodër, Ergys Kavaja, said that they will coordinate with other law-enforcement structures to take measures to clear the territory of drugs within a few days.

So, no one can identify the people who did not destroy but threw the boxes with the expired vitamins near the river Kir, while the boxes have the address of the company that imported them and the lot number.

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