The environmental group Mesa de la Ria has reported a spillage of 100,000 cubic metres of industrial waste into the rio Tinto, the spill coming from an abandoned chemical reservoir from the 1990’s.
Proposed change to tax for industrial waste
The PSOE government in Torrox is proposing an amendment to the municipal ordinance relating to the tax rate for industrial waste, apparently to avoid some of the ‘incidents’ that have occurred in recent years. The proposal is a compromise reached between the Council and the business community.