While debates over the burning of waste in the kilns of Titan Usje have dragged on for years, the financial results show that the company operates with high profitability. In the 2023-2025 period alone, Titan Usje made a profit of almost 85 million euros, with 2024 the best year at a profit of over 30 million euros. The figures raise the question of whether part of the revenue earned should be directed toward additional investments to reduce the environmental impact and toward greater transparency with the public.

According to the financial reports, the company made a profit of 24.6 million euros in 2023, the profit rose to 30.9 million euros in 2024, while in 2025 it amounted to 29.4 million euros.

Titan Usje records a profit of almost 30 million euros a year, while the citizens who live near the factory still fear for the quality of the air they breathe. It is not fair for the profit to be privatized while the potential risks to health and the environment remain a burden on the local population. A company that achieves financial results like these has both a moral and a social obligation to show that the health of citizens is just as important as the profit.

At the same time, the high profitability removes any possibility of justifying that eventual additional environmental measures would represent too great a financial burden for the company. On the contrary, the figures show that there is room for even larger investments in monitoring, filters, modern technologies and transparent informing of the public.

On the other hand, financial results like these also give the Government a free hand to insist on the highest environmental standards and strict control of operations. When a company makes a profit of tens of millions of euros a year, it is hard to accept the argument that fulfilling additional environmental obligations would jeopardize its economic sustainability. That is why the public has the right to expect both from the company and from the institutions that they put the health of citizens ahead of every other interest.

If the profit is that big, then the place for ecology is not on the margin of the balance sheet, but at the centre of responsibility toward the citizens with whom the company shares the same air. Stop the burning of waste.