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After the Monobloco parade, Comlurb concludes Operation Carnival 2026 with 1.642 tons of waste removed.
Published on 23/02/2026 - 14:21 | Updated
Comlurb has prepared a mega special cleaning operation for Carnival 2026 - Press Release Comlurb teams removed 37,1 tons of waste this Sunday (February 22nd), with the departure of Monobloco, in the Preta Gil Circuit, in the city center, and some smaller blocks in the North and West Zones. With this, the Special Carnival 2026 Operation totaled 1.642 tons of waste at all carnival locations since the pre-Carnival period. This included 1.177,7 tons from street blocks, neighborhood dances, including those in Cinelândia, and the parades on Avenida Chile - Bira Presidente. The seven days of parades by the Special Group and the Gold Series at the Sambadrome generated 338,2 tons. The six days of parades by the Silver, Bronze, and Evaluation Series on Estrada Intendente Magalhães accounted for 126,4 tons of waste. In 2025, the Special Carnival Operation collected 1.625 tons of waste.
Comlurb prepared a mega special cleaning operation for Carnival 2026, with sanitation workers at all party locations: the internal and external areas of the Sambadrome, Intendente Magalhães, Avenida Chile-Bira Presidente, street parades, and popular dances in the city center and neighborhoods. At all party locations, Comlurb carried out cleaning before, during, and after the events, with mechanized sweeping and removal and collection of generated waste.
The company provided 240-liter and high-capacity containers in all locations with large crowds to facilitate waste disposal by revelers, in the largest containerization effort ever undertaken at events in the city. All vehicles and equipment (compactor trucks, dump trucks and mini-dump trucks, large sweepers, mini-sweepers, blowers, backpack sprayers, among others) worked in three shifts during Carnival. 5 liters of concentrated eucalyptus essence and 40 liters of soap were available throughout the Carnival period. Comlurb also cleaned the medical posts installed in the parade area of the carnival groups, including two in the Preta Gil Circuit in the city center, one in Praça do Lido and one in Praça Nossa Senhora da Paz in Ipanema, in addition to the medical posts at the Sambadrome.
The president of Comlurb, Jorge Arraes, celebrated the results of the special Carnival operation and thanked all the teams for their commitment throughout the festivities:
– I want to give special thanks for the commitment of our sanitation workers. Our teams were wonderful throughout Carnival. Everything went as planned, at all points of the festivities: Sambadrome, street parades, Intendente Magalhães Square, and dances.
It is worth noting that all of the Company's routine services were maintained normally in the city throughout the Carnival period.
