Nighttime garbage pickup causes losses for landfill
Diario Libre
SD. The company that manages the Duquesa landfill, the Lajun Corporation, reported yesterday that in the first 13 nights of the month they received seven dump trucks with an average of 20 tons each and four compactor trucks with 10 tons. This is all that came in after 10:00 o'clock at night, a total of 180 tons.
The total represents the average that Lajun hopes to receive each day during the nighttime hours in order to have an effective management of the dump site. "We are expecting an average of between 160 and 200 tons a night in order to cover the expenses," said the manager for the Lajun Corp, Max Da Silva.
According to Da Silva, the operational costs during the night are RD$1,600,000 which they paid in April and which the project to pay again in May.
"We communicated formally with the City Government of the National District, which is the only one that has suggested this issue, and asked that they take on the expenses of the operation, so that we can continue to operate 24 hours," said Da Silva.
City makes an admission
The director of Urban Cleaning and Equipment for the City Government of the National District, Oscar Garcia Arias, admitted that the process of nighttime garbage collection has been a slow process.
"We have made it clear that setting up the routes will be a slow process, which will take time. First, we begin working until two in the morning with the transfer unit. Now we have six trucks, which will be eight tomorrow (today). But you have to understand that the process is slow," said Garcia Arias.
The city official said that he would propose to Duquesa that they work until two in the morning in order to reduce the costs as well as the reduction of some machines.
"The increase in the workday is going on gradually, because we have been able to observe some behavior, such as the amount of garbage; so for this reason we have made the proposal to Lajun so that they adopt this measure, in order to reduce the costs," he said.
The total represents the average that Lajun hopes to receive each day during the nighttime hours in order to have an effective management of the dump site. "We are expecting an average of between 160 and 200 tons a night in order to cover the expenses," said the manager for the Lajun Corp, Max Da Silva.
According to Da Silva, the operational costs during the night are RD$1,600,000 which they paid in April and which the project to pay again in May.
"We communicated formally with the City Government of the National District, which is the only one that has suggested this issue, and asked that they take on the expenses of the operation, so that we can continue to operate 24 hours," said Da Silva.
City makes an admission
The director of Urban Cleaning and Equipment for the City Government of the National District, Oscar Garcia Arias, admitted that the process of nighttime garbage collection has been a slow process.
"We have made it clear that setting up the routes will be a slow process, which will take time. First, we begin working until two in the morning with the transfer unit. Now we have six trucks, which will be eight tomorrow (today). But you have to understand that the process is slow," said Garcia Arias.
The city official said that he would propose to Duquesa that they work until two in the morning in order to reduce the costs as well as the reduction of some machines.
"The increase in the workday is going on gradually, because we have been able to observe some behavior, such as the amount of garbage; so for this reason we have made the proposal to Lajun so that they adopt this measure, in order to reduce the costs," he said.
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