Approximately 2,000 tons of waste are generated daily in the National District. At Christmas this amount increases. That is why the mayor of this district incorporated this Wednesday 68 trucks garbage collectors for this season.
This was reported by Ana González, head of the Urban Cleaning Directorate of the Town hall of the National District (DNA), while announcing that this initiative is part of an operation implemented by the council that begins this Wednesday from 6:00 in the afternoon until early morning and aims to collect solid waste in critical points of the three constituencies that make up the DN.
González pointed out that the brigades, made up of more than 250 collaborators in trucks large, small and compact compactors trucks dumps, will be reinforced by an inspection team that will monitor compliance with the collection and in turn report the additional needs that each sector has.
“The day will extend throughout the month of December and until the first days of January. On December 24, 25, 31 and January 1, special actions will be carried out, because there are festivities that increase waste production,” he emphasized.
They ask to manage waste responsibly
While Elizabeth Mateo, general secretary of the DNAcalled on the population to consciously manage solid waste, “because it increases due to the festivities” to support the work of the entity in charge of cleaning and collecting waste. trash.
“Let’s try to throw the waste into bags and deposit it in the tanks to make the work of the workers easier,” he said.
Furthermore, he recommended not removing the covers from trash during rainy days, to prevent them from being washed away by water and not to park vehicles in storage tanks. trash.
These trucks belong to different collection companies, since the collection service trash It is outsourced by the Mayor’s Office of the National District. They were hired for the Christmas season.
According to the official added, “29 have been added trucks to the service. Today 32 will be shipped, and the remaining will be sent to other points in the municipality.”
