The councilors ask that a management model be defined for how solid waste will be treated in the future in the capital.
During the session of this March 22, 2022 of the Metropolitan Council of Quitothe councilors learned about the reports from the Ministry of the Environment, the Metropolitan Public Cleaning Company (EMASEO) and the Quito Solid Waste Management Company (EMGIRS), regarding the situation of bucket 10 of the El Inga landfill.
In this context, Councilman Eduardo del Pozo warned that an environmental emergency would be about to enter.
“Again I warn that we are about to enter an environmental emergency due to the negligence of those who are in charge of managing waste In our city. I demand immediate solutions, those that have been proposed so far are pure fable”, he emphasizes, after commenting that the idea of the Cabildo would be to build a new landfill to continue burying trash.
His colleague, Councilor Omar Cevallos agrees with his assessments, and points out that the theme of the landfill It needs urgent action because bucket 10, which was built last year, has already been filled and fulfilled its useful life in December 2021.
At this moment the EMGIRS occupies spaces in other buckets to place the trash. “This is a technical and emerging issue, therefore as a councilman I demand that it be defined a good time what is the management model”.
Cevallos considers that at present it is imperative to build a bucket 11; If not, where are they going to be placed? waste?, question.
At the same time, a management model must be defined for how all the Solid waste.
In his supervisory power, Omar Cevallos asks the EMGIRS to submit a plan for how to act in the future, if a new paddingor another land is going to be bought, or if a new management model is going to be carried out.
He stated that to resolve this issue, a consultant from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has been hired, which should deliver the results in April. At that time the management model would be defined. (SC)
