The ejidos who control the land are coming around to working with Jocotepec to reopen the La Loma landfill
The mayor of Jocotepec will seek to implement new regulatory measures in the garbage collection system once the crisis is resolved. Photo: Courtesy.
Héctor Ruiz Mejía.- After ensuring that he has the documentation that would legally allow him to reopen the La Loma landfill, Jocotepec,President José Miguel Gómez López iis opting to peacefully resolve the issue with the ejidatarios (indigenous peoples) which has prevented the reopening of the provisional La Loma landfill.
«At first they were reluctant, very closed, but now they are changing their minds,» said the mayor, who explained that ejidatarios have begun to change their minds after attending meetings.
The landfill would provide a temporary solution to the worrying situation faced by the current garbage collection service, which has to transport the garbage to Ixtlahuacán in a round trip that takes more than four hours.
«AlrWith a landfill open there a single truck could make three round trips in one day», explained José Miguel, who added that the collection company GIRRSA would also benefit, since it has not been able to profit from its trash-hauling contract with Jocotepec. «This would decrease their operating expenses, such as diesel fuel costs, tires, maintenance, personnel time, as well as allow the operation of only four trucks out of the seven stipulated in the contract,» said the official.
Therefore, he said that in a «Solomonic» way, everyone will benefit from the project and assured that it will put an end to the endless bags that daily wait on the sidewalks to be moved.
Once the garbage collection service is regularized, the interviewee stated, new measures will come into effect for processing of the garbage, from its collection, to its disposal.
As part of the new measures, he explained, there will be a charge (according to the amount of garbage picked up, similar to the United States, which is a first world country, where everyone has to pay for the service», he said.
He added that the separation of garbage will be mandatory to allow some cost recovery, since all the cardboard, glass and metals will be sold. The government is still working on profitable recycling of organic waste. Service will be denied to anyone who does not separate their garbage.
Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator and Elizabeth Shields and Patrick O’Heffernan
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