The Ringing for Garbage Collection Already Covers 7 Neighborhoods Dove Rocio Guevara - Diario de Vallarta
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The awareness campaign to have a clean city has been well received among the inhabitants of Puerto Vallarta. "The exposure of garbage gives a bad image and can affect health," they say.

The director of Municipal Public Services of the H. City Hall of Puerto Vallarta, José Ascención Gil Calleja, reported that a month after the awareness campaign to have a clean city began, the campaign actions have been accepted among the inhabitants of the neighborhoods of our city, for this reason three other colonies were increased to the four with which the dependency began last February 14.

Gil Calleja pointed out that in most of the neighborhoods where the ringing program was implemented, it was well received, "we can say that the acceptance of Vallartans has been very good, right now there are 7 neighborhoods in which we carry out ringing, there are some people who They don't like the ringing because of the noise issue, but it is understood that the action of the municipality is so that the garbage is taken out when the garbage truck passes,” he said.

The head of Public Services highlighted the importance of citizen participation, achieving a clean port requires broad support, that everyone participates, that is why we work hand in hand with businessmen and citizens in general for this. "We ask for the support of citizens to help us, that when they hear the bell they take out their garbage, to prevent it from being exposed on the street for so long and people who are dedicated to scavenging make us dumps, in addition, the exposure of garbage is bad. image and can affect health,” he commented.

Finally, Gil Calleja announced that the program could grow to other areas of Puerto Vallarta. "We have been checking other neighborhoods, we want to implement it in a general way throughout the municipality, but in some neighborhoods we are prevented, as they are night collection schedules, in most that can be implemented we will do it."

As will be remembered, through the bell system, Municipal Public Services personnel ring the bell half an hour before the collection truck passes, to allow people to take out their garbage on time, thus preventing harmful fauna from destroying the bags.

The routes that already have bells are Floresta, Los Llanitos, Emiliano Zapata-Zona Romántica and Ixtapa Centro, in the Morning Shift, and Bobadilla, Loma Bonita and Coapinole, in the Night Shift.

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