The City of Buenos Aires advances in the recycling of abandoned cars

Abandoned cars can pose a danger to the health, safety and environment of a City. So far this year, the Buenos Aires government has compacted a total of 2,811 vehicles in a state of abandonment in the streets.

On this topic, the head of city governmentJorge Macri stated: “We have already lifted more cars off the street than in all of last year. We assume the commitment to sort the city and abandoned cars They are a common problem, one of the main complaints from neighbors to BOTI and 147.”

The campaign to recycle abandoned cars in the City of Buenos Aires

Together with the Minister of Security, Waldo Wolff, and the Secretary of Security, Diego Kravetz, Macri supervised the work on the City’s Automotive Decontamination, Compaction and Final Disposal Program (PROCOM), chaired by Leandro Iribas. During the meeting, the Undersecretary of Community Relations and Victim Care, Ezequiel Daglio, was also present.

In total, the City removes more than 250 vehicles per month. As detailed by the Buenos Aires administration, in the last two years more than 5 million kilos of scrap.

“Abandoned cars are a problem because they become places where people settle down to live and in spaces conducive to the dengue mosquito proliferating. They are also a threat to the environment because they have batteries and liquids that can pollute,” Jorge concluded.

How to recycle an abandoned car

The process to remove an unused vehicle begins when the City acts ex officio or through requests submitted by neighbors. Citizens can notify the presence of an abandoned car through their cell phone, by entering the application BA 147 or talking with BOTIthe City chat. In these cases the system will request upload two photos showing the status and patent if it has one.

Later, an inspector from the Commune goes to the indicated place and draws up a record confirming the infringementin addition to affixing a sign that informs the owner that he must remove the car from public roads or put it in good condition within a period of 10 daysas provided by Law 342/2000. Once that period has expired, a second summons so that in the term of 15 days The owner removes the vehicle.

If a response is not obtained within that period, the car is removed from the scene. He PROCOM is in charge of lifting the vehicles and transport them to a beach until they are scrapped.

Prior to this, a vehicle decontamination. This process involves the removal of all contaminating liquids, batteries and gas equipment, which are hazardous waste.

After this, the vehicle is compacted at the Mataderos plant and once the procedure is completed, it is delivered to the steel company that produces steel. Acindarwhich does the smelting of “ferrous material”. The company takes charge of the process and grants a 5% of the value to the City and 2% to a charity.