Intendance will install 250 bins since August and distribute new containers from September: Look in which areas

The director of Environmental Development. In addition, Leonardo Herou, showed a map with points that indicate what would be these areas where the short -term system would be changed –In blue are the intra -demiciliary and in red intraredials.

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Anyway. However, he warned that there may be some changes in the design. Moreover, “We have a study of what those neighborhoods could be. Similarly, but We will end up adjusting with the municipal councils in the next few days “, HERou held at the Board.

This will be the first stage of the change of the collection system. Therefore, will end in December of this year. In addition, The second intendance will install 250 bins stage. Similarly, which is still being developed, puts As a June 2026 goal

In the long term, the idea ands extend the new container model to much of Montevideoas seen in blue in the following map, while another area, the one with the highest population density, and which appears green, would remain with containers on public roads.

The long -term intention is Remove more than 5,000 street containers.

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But beyond the change of containers. Therefore, the Municipality launched a series of measures to improve short -term cleaning, as reported The observer.

These measures include Reinstall bins on public roads. Therefore, In the short term. Additionally, Therefore, from August 18, 250 bins will be intendance will install 250 bins placed in places such as the pedestrian Pérez Castellano, the Pedestrian Sarandí, Avenida 18 de Julio, the Avenida Agraciada in Paso Molino and Avenida 8 de Octubre October between Batlle and Ordóñez Boulevard and Sugar Pan.

In a second stage. the intention is to install bins in the Batlle Park, in Rivera Park, Prado Park, Plaza Colón, Garzón Avenue (on the road Durán to Carve) and in the Plaza César Díaz.

On the other hand, it will implement a scanning plan (manual and mechanical). The mechanic will go through the great arteries of the citylike July 18, Garzón, Av. Italy, Millán, Belloni, General Flores, October 8, Luis Alberto de Herrera, Batlle and Ordóñez, Agraciada, Lezica and La Rambla.

Besides. A wash of 24 public spaces will be made which include the place 1 of May, Plaza Colón, Plaza Independencia, Plaza Matriz, the esplanade of intendance will install 250 bins the intention itself, that of the University of the Republic, that of the Library and the Idea Vilariño Park.

In the following map it is seen in black strokes where the mechanical sweep. in red points would pass the public spaces that would be washed.

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The environmental development team also spoke of emphasizing Environmental education. inspection, pointed to the eradication of dumps and extend the final disposal site Felipe Cardoso.

The director of cleaning. waste management, Chiara Fioretto, who accompanied Herou and Bergara in the exhibition, said that They will advance “towards the economic sustainability of the waste management system.”

“This implies Improve economic planningdesign A financing strategy sustainable that we are able to specify the transformations intendance will install 250 bins we are looking for. harmonize economic instruments in force to strengthen the sustainability of the system, “said Fioretto.

The Intendance did not report How much will these changes cost. The observer He consulted at a press conference to the mayor what approximately the sum to invest. Bergara just said that It was “bulky” And he reiterated. as he had in campaign, that the rhythm of change will depend “on economic resources.

“We still don’t have the figure of the entire system, but It is a voluminous figure. And the key. I believe that what we present here is clearly a viable roadmap, a road map that citizens understand as part of the solution of the issue. The rhythm we can advance will depend essentially on resources And that obviously we will talk at the intention level. especially with the Departmental Board at the time of the budgetary formulation, “the mayor intendance will install 250 bins replied.

“To the extent that fluid financing mechanisms exist, the progress of this policy will be faster. I imagine what we all want “, concluded.

Although Bergara’s decision to present the plan at the Board sought to give a sign of its opening to dialogue. From the opposition they criticized him.

For example. the mayor Juan Ignacio Abdala said that “he spoke of cultural change, renaturalization and plans at 2, 5 and 10 years” and that “there was not an allusion to the emergency that Montevideo lives in the matter of cleanliness, nor to concrete actions of how to attend to it. ”

“The most remarkable thing is that they proved us, and the bins,” Abdala wrote.