Siřejovice residents in Czechia reject plasma waste gasification facility

Residents of Siřejovice in the Litoměřice region today rejected in a referendum a plasma waste gasification facility that SONO PLUS wants to build at a nearby landfill in neighbouring Želechovice. Of the 233 residents eligible to vote, 115 cast ballots, a turnout of 49.36 percent. An overwhelming majority of those who took part voted against the construction, making the vote binding on the municipal council, CTK learned today from the municipality’s official notice board.

Residents answered two questions in the referendum. The first asked whether they supported the construction of a waste gasification facility (for energy or material recovery from waste) at the SONO landfill. Only 15 voters supported it, while 96, or 83.48 percent, opposed it. The second question asked whether the municipality should use all available legal means to prevent the facility from being built. In this case, 94 people, or 81.74 percent, voted in favour, while 18 voted against.