The City Council of Benito Juárez (Cancún) launched a surveillance program to prevent citizens from littering on public roads and eradicate clandestine garbage dumps, with the support of three green units under the direction of the Comprehensive Solid Waste Solution (Siresol).
The municipal president, Ana Patricia Peralta de la Peña, announced that there will be zero tolerance for those who commit these infractions.
This initiative was approved during the Second Ordinary Session of the Council and aims to reform municipal regulations comprehensively.
The purpose is to create solid foundations that allow the implementation of prevention programs in solid waste management.
Likewise, it seeks to strengthen coordination between municipal authorities to guarantee a healthy environment through adequate urban waste management.
Siresol will have a department dedicated to supervision and surveillance to prevent these practices.
The green units will patrol the city, detect irregular waste management, and ensure that the vehicles that transport them have current permits and take the waste to authorized destinations.
If violations are detected, the green units will be able to count on the support of the Municipal Secretariat of Citizen Security and Transit (SMSCyT) to transfer the violators to the Retention and Administrative Sanctions Center.
In addition, bad practices detected in establishments, public roads, or unoccupied properties will be notified to the Public Services and Ecology departments so that they can take corrective measures.
The Directorate of Civic Courts reported that this year less than 10 people have been fined for littering on public roads, with fines ranging between 1,085 and 1,628 pesos.
In the last year, the Directorate of Public Services closed around 350 clandestine garbage dumps, of which 31 were closed in the last three months, removing more than seven thousand tons of waste.
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