Sparanise– A plant that was supposed to treat sludge and non-hazardous waste, but which, according to the prosecution, operated "illegally" and with "negligent management" that caused concrete environmental damage.
The ASI industrial area in Sparanise has been sealed off: the Calvi Risorta Forestry Carabinieri and the Local Police have executed a precautionary seizure order, validated by the Santa Maria Capua Vetere GIP, for a business complex located along the Appia highway.
The criminal charges raised by the Public Prosecutor's Office, which coordinated the investigation, are serious: environmental pollution and illegal waste disposal.
Citizens' alarm
The investigation was not prompted by routine checks, but by persistent and alarmed reports from residents. From early 2023 until mid-2024, local residents had reported pestilential stench coming from the Rio Lanzi and a marked, anomalous deterioration of the canal's waters, noted as "dark and foul-smelling," particularly in the section that intersects the SS7.
The complaints prompted the Judicial Police to carry out the first inspections, empirically confirming the serious damage to the watercourse.
The investigation: 800 meters of illegal wastewater
At that point, a complex and technical investigation began. The investigators, supported by technicians from ARPAC Caserta, literally had to "map" the vast sewer network of the ASI industrial area that flows into the Rio Lanzi.
The goal was clear: trace the source of the pollution. Through multiple sampling and tracing, suspicions focused on a single company, specializing in the treatment of liquid waste, located approximately 800 meters as the crow flies from the discharge point into the Rio Lanzi.
"Only formal compliance" with the rules
Pursuant to a decree from the Public Prosecutor's Office, law enforcement and ARPAC (Regional Environmental Protection Agency) conducted a targeted inspection inside the plant. Samples were taken from the company's internal sewers and manholes.
The comparison between the analyses carried out on samples taken at the farm and those taken from the water and sediments of the Rio Lanzi yielded an unequivocal result, although still in the preliminary investigation phase: a clear compatibility.
According to the prosecution's theory, confirmed by the preliminary investigations judge, the company operated in "merely formal compliance" with the requirements of the Integrated Environmental Authorization (AIA). In practice, despite having all the necessary paperwork, the owner's "managerial negligence" led the company to operate illegally, discharging wastewater in violation of legally imposed concentration limits and causing serious pollution of the Rio Lanzi.
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