A group of cities in the interior of São Paulo said this Thursday (3) that they will be able to resume all garbage collection. The service in the region was threatened due to illegal roadblocks made by supporters of Jair Bolsonaro (PL), which made it difficult for the material to circulate.
The Municipality of Amparo (90 km north of the capital of São Paulo) even announced the suspension of garbage collection throughout the municipality, including hospital waste, as of this Thursday. But he managed to get around the situation with a partnership with the city of Itapira.
Amparo maintains a transshipment point where municipalities in the region —Águas de Lindóia, Monte Alegre do Sul, Serra Negra, Tuiuti, Morungaba, Vargem, Pinhalzinho and Toledo (this one in Minas Gerais)— deposit their waste.
From this point, the garbage is sent to the Paulínia landfill.
These municipalities are part of the Cisbra (Intermunicipal Consortium for Basic Sanitation of the Water Circuit Region). According to the Municipality of Amparo, all of them would need to suspend garbage collection because the transshipment that receives the waste reached the capacity limit during the three days of blocking the highways, since it was not possible to take the material to Paulínia.
“The transshipment no longer had capacity and had reached the operating capacity limit”, informed the municipal management.
In a meeting held on Wednesday (2) between the cities that use the transshipment, a partnership was made with Itapira so that it receives most of the garbage from the municipalities of the consortium on Thursday and Friday (4) — only Vargem and Toledo will concentrate their waste in Socorro in those two days.
“With the partnership, garbage collection in these municipalities was normalized this Thursday. Due to the distance being greater, the service may register some delay in these two days”, informed the Municipality of Amparo.
As of Saturday (5), the waste will be taken back to the Amparo transshipment, which should have normalized operating capacity, according to municipal management.
Chad-98Weaver, a distinguished author at NewsBulletin247, excels in the craft of article writing. With a keen eye for detail and a penchant for storytelling, Chad delivers informative and engaging content that resonates with readers across various subjects. His contributions are a testament to his dedication and expertise in the field of journalism.
