There was less waste in the procession of Burning Coimbra – publico

                 

                         
                     

                 

 
                         

We collected a total of 18 tons of solid waste during the procession of the Burning of the Ribbons of Coimbra, which means a reduction of about 3.5 tons compared to figures for the previous year.

                     

                         The amount of collected waste was below 20 tons Advanced provisionally at the meeting of city council executive earlier this week. Publico, City Councilman Carlos explained that this decrease is due to a combination of factors. “In addition to awareness campaigns, the deposition means provided by the camera and fewer cars [allegorical], the crisis is also reflected in the production of waste,” hold.

According to the responsible for environmental matters, was made a reinforcement of containers 52 along the parade route, in addition to the usual collection points arranged in the city. Involved in the collection of garbage were 68 people (including employees of the municipality and the collection company) and 17 lifts.

Superior last year was the glass collection, which reached 580 kilos. Carlos City reinforces the importance, in the procession course, have proceeded to the collection of whole bottles. Hence the value is measurable.

Also for the civic movement promoter of the campaign “Coimbra reached a new tradition … Do not throw trash on the ground”, the balance is positive. “From the people I talked to during the procession, I concluded that they were identified with the poster of the message,” emphasizes Fernando Jorge Paiva. The reason for the move is to “create dynamics for things to work alone” and this begins to happen, consider.

The representative of the movement that had as main objective to prevent both plastic reach the river Mondego considers that the result was achieved, “particularly in Green Park,” and moved that were collected seven shopping carts along the procession.

The movement of the posters will remain affixed to containers until the conclusion of the festivities in the early hours of May 15, and the movement plans to continue with such initiatives in the coming academic parties.