Comlurb starts campaign to encourage selective collection at street markets

Comlurb began this Saturday (9/3) on Felisbelo Freire Street, in Ramos, in the North Zone, a series of actions in the city's open-air markets with the aim of spreading the awareness campaign to encourage selective collection. The Company's goal is to encourage Rio residents to separate potentially recyclable materials at home, helping to get the recycling wheel going, in addition to reinforcing selective collection routes.

The campaign has been running since March last year. In 2023, Comlurb focused on squares and beaches, with a total of 48 actions, in highly visible points in the North, South, Central and West Zones.

During the campaign, informative pamphlets are distributed, and technicians in the area answer questions and provide guidance to the population. Currently, Comlurb's selective collection service serves 122 neighborhoods in Rio. All collected material is delivered to the 28 waste picker cooperatives, which separate and sell the products. Recyclable waste thus guarantees work and income for the members of the cooperative and their families.

Currently, door-to-door collection is done once a week, on alternate days to household collection. The population can find out about the day and time of collection in each street at this website.

For the recycling cycle to be increasingly successful, it is essential that residents participate in this process, promoting the separation of waste in their homes. Without the participation of the population, the selective collection service becomes unproductive.

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March 9th, 2024

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