The director of Cleaning of the Municipality of Montevideo announced that the increase in recycled material increased by 175%.
From the Municipality of Montevideo (IMM) they assured that the increase in recycling was 175% in relation to the previous year, a factor that is due to the water crisis and the increase in the consumption of bottled water due to the high levels of sodium and chloride in the reserves caused by the water crisis.
The water emergency It continues to draw edges and this time it was the turn of plastic consumption due to the increase in bottled water consumption. According to a report, in the context of the drought and after the tax exemption in the sector voted in the Parliament, bottled water sales skyrocketed 573% in June in Montevideo and the metropolitan area of Uruguay.
In dialogue with the radio program, En Perspectiva, the Director of Cleaning of the IMM, Ignatius Lawrenceannounced that during the month of June the 140 tons of recyclable material. “Last year, on average, in the case of bags, a monthly withdrawal of 2,000 bags was made, which is about 80 tons of recyclable material per month. In December it increases a little more and reaches 110 tons”, explained the director of cleaning.
“Taking this scenario, in May of this year we reached 112 tons, surpassing December and in June we went to 140 tons. What is a 175% increase from what was the monthly average, going to 3,500 bags in June”, added Lorenzo.
In relation to what was said by the mayor of the department, Caroline Cossewho stressed the need to “get something good” out of the crisis in relation to more and more citizens starting to recycle, the cleaning director of the IMM assured that people began to be more aware. On the other hand, he assured that it is not necessary for people to carry out the separation of waste in their homes, although it facilitates the work, since they have classification plants.
“The increase in consumption has meant that many people who perhaps did not classify before now find themselves living with drums and bottles. Then arises the need to classify which is very good, but we also observed that in many of the supermarkets we were making a withdrawal two or three times a day because they filled up very quickly, not only because of the volume but also because the drums were not compacted”, he remarked.
Source: Ambito
