In 2011 residents of the villages of Drazhevo and Hadzhidimitrovo formed an Initiative Committee against the construction of a regional landfill site on the land of their villages. Letters of complaint have been sent to the Ministry Council, Municipality Council, RIEW-Yambol, Ministry of Health, the Parliamentary Committee on Environment and Water and other institutions. A petition was given to the representative of the EU Commission Karsen Rasmussen. It was followed by appeals to the Committee on Petitions in the EU Parliament and other EU institutions. In a complaint letter sent to the Ministry of Environment residents expressed their willingness to initiate a local referendum on whether the landfill should be built or not. This was officially rejected by the Tundzha Municipal Council in april 2012.