Homeland Movement leader Miroslav Skoro said on Thursday that if elected Mayor of Zagreb, he would deal with the problem of the city's Jakusevec landfill and close it down.

“We should do all we can to ensure that the residents in this part of Zagreb no longer have to live near a landfill with an unpleasant smell in the air,” Skoro said in Jakusevec.

He said that about 110,000 tonnes of biodegradable waste is disposed of in Jakusevec annually, including 60,000 tonnes of household waste that produces an unpleasant smell in the air. “There is no need for that,” he added.

Skoro said that Zagreb had such potential for compost production that it could earn HRK 35 million from it annually. He also warned that Zagreb spent HRK 25 million on disposal of plastic waste, while with proper management it could earn HRK 100 million from it.