Colleferro, Lazio. 2013
Industrial structures belonging to the company BPD operating in the war industry.
Colleferro, Lazio. 2013
The district “scalo”. This area takes its name from the railway station most used by commuters who travel to the factory.
Colleferro, Lazio. 2013
BPD industry occupied 2/3 of the entire municipality of Colleferro. Now the area belongs to AVIO spa that has not changed the old industrial structure.
Colleferro, Lazio. 2013
Maria has been fighting since ever against the pollution of her country but every day she have a view on illegal building containing eternit from the window of her house.
Colleferro, Lazio. 2013
Many farmers have had to break off their activities due to the pollution of the land. In the area have around 6,000 heads of of cattle had been killed.
Colleferro, Lazio. 2013
The animals raised on such land have been contaminated. In 2005 local Asl ordered 250 heads to be killed. As a consequence the farmer has declared bankruptcy.
Colleferro, Lazio. 2013
Many area were used as illegal dumps of toxic materials. That caused also the groundwater to be compromised.
Colleferro, Lazio. 2013
Activists belonging to an environmental organization (UGI), everyday inform citizens of the dramatic damage caused by industries.
Colleferro, Lazio. 2013
The company BPD has chosen this area to produce explosive because of its humid climate, but according to the report ERAS to deny the dispersion of air-pollution is own the geographic location.
Colleferro, Lazio. 2013
Incenerator plant.
Every day around 500 tonnes of municipal solid waste are burned. In 2009 industrial toxic waste were found for this reason the plant has been closed for some month.
Colleferro, Lazio. 2013
Engineer responsible for the incinerator.
The company for that he works, replaces the previous management that left after judicial seizure.
Colleferro, Lazio. 2013
River park.
River pollution made AMA declare the park unfit.
Colleferro, Lazio. 2013
GAI group was created to address the job crisis in the municipalities of valley of Sacco. Many argue that the jobs promises by the GAI group allowed that the citizens have accepted many compromises.
Colleferro, Lazio. 2013
Pietro B. works in the incinerator implant. He reported the burning of toxic substance.
Colleferro, Lazio. 2013
Regione Lazio ( district administration) encourages poplar cultivation because it prevents the soils to absorb heavy metals.
Colleferro, Lazio. 2013
In Italia, Italcementi è uno dei principali sistemi di produzione di cemento e si trova a poche centinaia di metri dal centro storico di Colleferro.
Colleferro, Lazio. 2013
Anna e her husband live in the nearby Scalo. The man worked for the BPD industry.
Colleferro, Lazio. 2013
Steam emission out of the pipes of BPD industry.
BPD industry left out clear water filtration, that caused the river pollution.
Colleferro, Lazio. 2013
The culture of farming and industrial structures share the same territory.
Colleferro, Lazio. 2013
Exhibition hall of the factory museum inaugurated in 2008. Closed to the public since a few years.