Household and construction waste pollution of Sarnena Gora Mts, a case study

Abstract

A total of 23 individual illegal dumps were located at the 5x5 km sample area around the villages of Hrishteni and Kolena. About ¼ of them were situated near the Medven Hill, bordering with some agricultural lands. Their surface area can be spotted even on satellite images. Even the studied area is small it represents the real situation not only in the region of Sarnena Gora, but in the whole country.

Keywords

• pollution
• ecological problems
• bulgaria