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13/04/2012
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We spent R$ 7 million for the purchase of 50 000 containers of 240 liters
With an eye on Rio +20, the city of Rio de Janeiro began distributing on Tuesday the first batch of 50,000 new containers made from bagasse cane sugar. The containers will be distributed by the Municipal Urban Cleaning Company (Comlurb) for the collection of household waste. "Besides the ultimate goal of improving the collection in Rio de Janeiro, you have a product first fully sustainable city," said Mayor Eduardo Paes.
He said the containers will contribute to the improvement of garbage collection and cleaning of the city. The mayor said that the use of renewable raw material is a "certificate of commitment" in Rio de Janeiro with the sustainability agenda, in line with the implementation of the Rio +20 in the city in June this year.
In total, spending R$ 7 million for the purchase of 50,000 containers of 240 liters, which will be distributed through the month of June throughout the city. Initially, the city will deliver 5,000 recipients in the neighborhoods of Copacabana, on the south, and Realengo in the west - the first beneficiaries of the measure.
According to the municipal secretary of Conservation, Carlos Osorio, the sealing system of bagasse containers will be a breakthrough for the hygiene conditions in the city. As the container is sealed, preventing the entry of rain water, there is proliferation of rodents and mosquitoes and diseases of forming slurry (liquid pollutant nauseating odor, originating from the decomposition of waste).
The container of mulch can reduce by 85% the emission of pollutants in relation to the material of petrochemical origin (like plastic) and are certified Green Made (ensuring use of renewable raw materials and low carbon).
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