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‘We don’t have time for more promises’: the Croatian town that took on an illegal waste dump

The slogan is the name of a campaign she helped to set up to protest against the illegal dumping of waste in Gospić, a town in the mountainous Lika region of central Croatia. Between 2022 and 2024, waste was illegally abandoned at several sites in the town.

‘We don’t have time for more promises’: the Croatian town that took on an illegal waste dump

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The slogan is the name of a campaign she helped to set up to protest against the illegal dumping of waste in Gospić, a town in the mountainous Lika region of central Croatia.

Between 2022 and 2024, waste was illegally abandoned at several sites in the town.

After years of illegal mass flytipping in Gospić, fed-up residents decided to take matters into their own hands "Gospić is our home," Željka Šikić shouted to a crowd of 40,000 people outside the Croatian...

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The slogan is the name of a campaign she helped to set up to protest against the illegal dumping of waste in Gospić, a town in the mountainous Lika region of central Croatia. Between 2022 and 2024, waste was illegally abandoned at several sites in the town. After years of illegal mass flytipping in Gospić, fed-up residents decided to take matters into their own hands "Gospić is our home," Željka Šikić shouted to a crowd of 40,000 people outside the Croatian parliament earlier this month.

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After years of illegal mass flytipping in Gospić, fed-up residents decided to take matters into their own hands "Gospić is our home," Željka Šikić shouted to a crowd of 40,000 people outside the Croatian parliament earlier this month.

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