PROBLEMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN BAKAR DURING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COKE PLANT IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 1970s

Abstract

Rad se bavi problematikom Koksare Bakar, ali i cijeloga područja Bakra, neposredno prije puštanja novoga postrojenja u pogon prvoj polovici 70-ih godina 20. st. U radu se donose novi podatci koji imaju za cilj prikazati zagađenja Bakarskog zaljeva u predmetnom periodu, osvrćući se na sve glavne oblike zagađenja. Ovim radom se također daje i prikaz najvažnijih mjera zaštite okoliša što ih je Koksara trebala poduzeti te se zajedno s njima prezentiraju i najvažnija istraživanja na predmetnome području. Na kraju, rad nudi argumente i za propitivanje učestalog stava da je Koksara glavni uzročnik zagađenja Bakra i njegove okolice.The paper deals with the problems of Koksara (coke plant) in Bakar, as well as the entire area of Bakar, immediately before the commissioning of the new plant in the first half of the 1970s. The paper presents new data that aims to show the pollution of the Bay of Bakar in the period in question, looking back on all the main forms of pollution. This paper also presents the most important environmental protection measures that the Koksara coke plant should have taken, and together with them, the most important research in the subject area is also presented. Finally, the paper also offers arguments for questioning the frequent position that the Koksara plant is the main cause of pollution in Bakar and its surroundings