Ispod ove zemlje zakopano je 35.000 tona opasnog otpada. 35,000 tonnes of hazardous waste are buried beneath this land.

Grad od 12.000 ljudi. Ilegalno odlagalište opasnog otpada. A town of 12,000 people. An illegal hazardous waste dump.

U veljači 2025. u Gospiću je otkriveno više lokacija na kojima je nezakonito odložen otpad — među njima i lokacija Silos, gdje je, prema medijskim izvještajima i navodima institucija, odloženo oko 35.000 tona opasnog plastičnog i medicinskog otpada.

In February 2025, several sites of illegally dumped waste were discovered in Gospić — among them the "Silos" site, where, according to media reports and official statements, roughly 35,000 tonnes of hazardous plastic and medical waste were deposited.

Više od godinu i pol kasnije: sanacija nije počela. Cjeloviti nalazi analiza tla i vode nisu javno objavljeni. Građani žive pored toga svaki dan — bez odgovora.

More than a year and a half later: clean-up has not started. Complete soil and water analyses have not been made public. Residents live next to this every single day — without answers.

• 02 / 2025Otkrivene lokacije nezakonito odloženog otpada u Gospiću. Pokrenuta istraga.Illegal waste sites discovered in Gospić. Investigation opened.
• 2025–2026Građani traže objavu svih analiza tla i vode. Cjeloviti nalazi javnosti nisu dostupni.Citizens demand publication of all soil and water analyses. Complete results remain unavailable to the public.
• 06 / 2026Institucije procjenjuju trošak sanacije na oko 50 milijuna eura. Radovi na terenu nisu počeli.Authorities estimate the clean-up cost at around €50 million. No work has begun on the ground.
• 27.06.2026Prosvjed „Hod za Liku": tisuće građana hodaju 5 km od odlagališta do tvornice litija."Walk for Lika" protest: thousands of citizens march 5 km from the dump site to the lithium plant.
• 15.07.2026Istekao rok koji je inicijativa dala Vladi za odgovor na službene zahtjeve. Odgovora nema.Deadline the initiative gave the Government to respond to formal demands expires. No answer.

Lika je krš. Krš znači: sve teče prema moru. Lika is karst. Karst means: everything flows to the sea.

Lika leži na krškom terenu — vapnencu punom pukotina, špilja i podzemnih tokova. Ličke rijeke su ponornice: poniru pod zemlju i podzemnim putevima teku prema izvorima uz obalu. To je hidrologija dinarskog krša — ono što uđe u tlo i vodu u Lici, ne ostaje u Lici.

Lika sits on karst — limestone full of cracks, caves and underground streams. Lika's rivers are sinking rivers: they disappear underground and flow through hidden channels toward coastal springs. That is the hydrology of the Dinaric karst — what enters the soil and water in Lika does not stay in Lika.

I dok otpad čeka — niče tvornica litija. And while the waste waits — a lithium plant rises.

U Smiljanskom polju kraj Gospića izgrađen je pogon za preradu litijevih soli. Prema navodima naše inicijative, izgrađen je bez javne rasprave i bez studije utjecaja na okoliš, a elaborat na kojem počiva građevinska dozvola smatramo ništavnim. Vlasnici tvrde da je pogon siguran za okoliš — mi tražimo samo jedno: da se to dokaže zakonitim postupkom, javno.

In Smiljansko polje near Gospić, a lithium salt processing plant has been built. According to our initiative, it was constructed without public consultation and without an environmental impact assessment, and we consider the study underlying its building permit void. The owners claim the plant is environmentally safe — we ask for one thing only: prove it through a lawful, public procedure.

Dvije lokacije, isti obrazac: odluke o zdravlju i budućnosti Like donose se bez građana, bez transparentnosti i bez poštovanja procedura.

Two sites, one pattern: decisions about Lika's health and future are made without its citizens, without transparency, and without respect for legal procedure.

Ovo nije apstraktno. Ovo je naš grad. This is not abstract. This is our town.

Ne tražimo ništa što zakon već ne jamči. We ask for nothing the law does not already guarantee.

1. Hitna sanacija ilegalnog odlagališta opasnog otpada — po istom ubrzanom modelu koji je država već primijenila kad je ocijenila da su ugroženi zdravlje i životi.Immediate clean-up of the illegal hazardous waste site — using the same fast-track mechanism the state has already applied elsewhere when health and lives were at risk.
2. Javna objava svih analiza tla, vode i otpada. Pravo na informacije o okolišu jamče i hrvatski zakoni i Aarhuška konvencija.Full public disclosure of all analyses of soil, water and waste. The right to environmental information is guaranteed by Croatian law and the Aarhus Convention.
3. Preispitivanje i ukidanje građevinske dozvole za tvornicu litija dok se ne provedu zakonita javna rasprava i procjena utjecaja na okoliš.Review and revocation of the building permit for the lithium plant until a lawful public consultation and environmental impact assessment are carried out.
4. Odgovornost. Da se utvrdi tko je otpad dovezao, tko je to omogućio i tko je gledao u stranu — i da za to odgovara.Accountability. Establish who brought the waste, who enabled it, and who looked away — and hold them responsible.

Dvije minute tvog vremena. To je sve. Two minutes of your time. That is all.