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08/30/2013
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Agency of Brazil
Rio de Janeiro - The first week of the Zero Waste Program , were applied 467 fines to people caught littering the streets of the state capital , according to statement released today ( 28 ) by the city. During the period, there was a 34% reduction in solid waste thrown on the streets of the city center , according to official data .
Most punishments were recorded on Avenida Rio Branco , one of the main roads in the center of the state capital , with 90 penalties . In Cinelandia , other areas of great movement , the number reached 72 . On Avenida Presidente Vargas , were 31 fines . Most of the penalties was a small amount of waste , which is fine in the amount of R $ 157.
As president of the Urban Cleaning Company of Rio ( Comlurb ) , Vinicius Roriz , work scavenging decreases when they collect garbage dumps rather than sweep the streets . " It may be that later on this move allows teams that are left to other areas of the city , where coverage is lower . This allows the Comlurb do some reshuffling . But we are quite satisfied with the results of the campaign and we are seeing that the streets have become cleaner , "he said .
Altogether , 192 tax are divided into 58 teams , each with a municipal guard , a military policeman and an agent Comlurb . Besides reducing spending on cleaning streets , arriving at R$ 90 million per month , the initiative aims to raise awareness . Currently , the state capital has about 30 000 dumps and want to put more Comlurb 7000 on the streets later this year .
" The speech of awareness remains the same , if not find a trash can , look for a lighter or trash home," said Vinicius Roriz . The offender caught by tax throwing garbage in the street have to pay fines of R$ 157 and R$ 3000 . The value depends on the size of the product was discarded .
Source : Agency Brazil
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