Free market in Largo do Machado receives campaign to encourage selective collection

On Saturday morning (18/5), Comlurb held an awareness campaign to encourage selective waste collection at the mobile street market in Largo do Machado, in the South Zone. The campaign aims to encourage residents of Rio to separate potentially recyclable materials at home. The goal is to get the recycling wheel turning and to reinforce selective waste collection routes. The event this Saturday featured Chegando de Surpresa, a musical group made up of street cleaners who sing songs about proper waste disposal.

The campaign to encourage selective waste collection has been running since March of last year. In 2023, Comlurb's focus was on squares and beaches, with a total of 48 actions, in highly visible points in the North, South, Central and West zones. This year, the actions are concentrated in street markets in all regions of the city.

During the campaign, informative pamphlets are distributed, and technicians 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 28 waste picker cooperatives, which separate and sell the products. Recyclable waste thus provides work and income for cooperative members and their families. Currently, door-to-door collection is done once a week, on alternate days to home collection. The population can find out about the day and time of collection on each street at Comlurb 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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18 May 2024

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