A cleaner Dénia thanks to the «Green Line» app

The Councilor for the Environment, Juan Carlos Signes and the manager of Urbaser, José Vicente Saura, have presented a joint initiative of the Dénia city council and the company in charge of the garbage collection service to reduce the impact of odors from waste containers. garbage.

The consistory has received several complaints regarding the smell of the containers, mainly due to the noncompliance with the municipal ordinance that stipulates that the organic waste must be deposited in the containers between 21 and 00 hours. In the words of Signes, "this is a particularly hot year in which high temperatures intensify the stench of waste, which requires greater respect for the ordinance by users."

Anti-Odor measures

Urbaser will clean those containers on which they have received complaints. The company also stick informational stickers on each of the almost 2.500 containers located in the city so that users know when to deposit such waste and initiate an intensive awareness campaign. In addition, a cleaning device daytime act in areas where complaints are received.

Juan Carlos Signes has indicated that the Local Police will also participate in this device. During the next few days the agents will increase surveillance in the areas where the problem is most acute and inform the offenders.

One of the most heavily guarded areas will be Calle Loreto where, according to Signes, "infractions committed not so much by individuals as by commercial establishments have been reported." Signes has also announced that action will be taken against restoration companies that do not respect the ordinance. The manager of Urbaser recalled that these restaurants currently have a specific door-to-door collection service to facilitate the collection of the large volume of waste they generate.

Green Line App

Detection of this problem has been possible thanks to the launch of the app Green Line, the own Department of Environment recently activated and allows reporting from the mobile any damage that is in the city. Signes invited citizens to continue denouncing these problems either through this application, communicating directly with Urbaser or through associations and political parties.