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Clean Beach: Comlurb launches awareness campaign in Flamengo
Published on 22/02/2025 - 13:17 | Updated on 22/02/2025 - 16:07
The event was attended by street cleaner Renato Sorriso and the group Chegando de Surpresa - Comlurb/Disclosure Comlurb held an awareness campaign on Flamengo Beach this Saturday (22/02), with the aim of encouraging bathers to keep the sands clean, ensuring that waste is disposed of correctly in containers available along the city's coastline. The campaign that was scheduled to take place this Sunday at Pontal Beach, in Recreio dos Bandeirantes, has been canceled.
The awareness campaign is part of the Praia Limpa program, and this Saturday's action had the participation of Renato Sorriso and Chegando de Surpresa – a group of street cleaners who use good humor, jokes and lots of music to carry out awareness campaigns.
Since December, the company has been reinforcing its cleaning service with the Clean Beach operation, carried out every year in the summer, with an increase in the number of street cleaners and more work shifts, including during the early hours of the morning, to leave everything ready for beachgoers the following day. In addition, the company has made available around 5 240-liter containers, in addition to other large-capacity containers, for the disposal of coconuts at strategic points along the city's coastline, including the sand and on access roads and passages. The campaign has already been carried out on the following beaches: Arpoador, Leme, Copacabana, Ipanema, Leblon, Flamengo, Urca and Praia Vermelha.
The street cleaners work with the support of beach tractors with attached rear implements to sift and turn the sand, performing more thorough cleaning and sanitation and reducing impurities, reaching depths of up to 20 centimeters. Mini-sanitation machines are also used, with the same functions, but which are smaller and reach areas where tractors cannot operate, such as corners, near rocks, and near sports nets.
The beachfront has water tankers to wash the sidewalks and cycle paths, and large, medium and small sweepers to help with the sweeping service. The Company urges beachgoers to use the containers correctly when leaving the beach.
