Junta de Andalucía
It is clear the whole process is going to take quite some time before an outcome is announced, so our protest must continue. Join us as a member and stand together to say NO to this potential environmental disaster for our valleys.
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Asociación Proteja Canillas de Aceituno is Launched!
We have reached a very exciting step in our protest against the planned waste recycling and landfill planned for the valleys of Canillas de Aceituno! We have been able to formally launch our Association, a legal entity that will enable us to formally pursue any necessary legal action as a group. We can now accept members to join the Association and formally add their voice to the protest as we go forward. The more members we have, the stronger our protest becomes.
We can also now accept donations to help pay legal and professional fees and other expenses.
Will you join us? Find out more about membership and making a donation.
Outstanding Community Support
To support our objection to the project, we were able to submit a fantastic total of 1366 signatures (being 907 online and 459 on paper) to the Junta. We need to continue to collect signatures online as part of our ongoing project – please sign the petition!
This shows a community united against the proposal to create a landfill the size of 50 football pitches in our beautiful valleys!
Our Beautiful Valleys
Just a few images to show this area of great beauty nestling under La Maroma where the enormous recycling plant and landfill would be situated.
Documents signed by the mayor about the project in 2019
There are many unanswered questions about this project and we were denied access to information until a formal legal request was granted. As we had been refused any documentation, back in December 2024 PSOE were finally given some related information after threatening legal action, showing that Mayor Vicente Campos had actually signed off the project as being compatible with the proposed rural valleys. When the PSOE findings were published (Spanish and English) the mayor’s response was to issue a statement that he would not give permission for it to proceed, but we have subsequently found no evidence of any documentation showing this has been done. VOX also submitted an objection to the Junta de Andalucía protesting the planned location for the site and procedural irregularities.
The mayor has declared the case closed. There are however many questions remaining in the eyes of residents who protest the project so strongly and no subsequent evidence of any denial for the project has been found. This case is most certainly not closed…
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