father, daughter and son-in-law- have been sentenced to pay a fine of 5,400 euros for having run a rubbish dump without authorization.

father, daughter and son-in-law- have been sentenced to pay a fine of 5,400 euros for having run a rubbish dump without authorization. Malaga Criminal Court number 4 has considered that they carried out a crime against the environment by running the dump, in the Loma del Esparragal are of Estepona. They had a contract for a project to receive and recycle waste, but what they actually did was completely different.It is believed that they could have altered the balance of natural systems as they did not control the number of vehicles entering the area, built a containing wall which blocked a stream, causing all kinds of materials to filter into the ground and mix together, resulting in contamination. The premises did not have a wall around it, nor a firewall nor a gas evacuation or fire extinction system. There was no water stored there in case of a fire and the rubbish was dumped with no checks or controls.