THE Comlurb Collected 28 tons of waste in Rio de Janeiro during the first official weekend of Street blocks parades on Saturday (1) and Sunday (2).
THE cleaning mega operation from the Comlurb it happens before, during and after the passage of the blocks covering the main roads of parades, access roads and adjacent streets. Services include Mechanized sweeping, washing, emptying of papers and containers and waste removal .
In a note, the City Hall of Rio de Janeiro Informs that each type of block (small, medium and mega) has a specific operational protocol of cleaning. Megablocs, for example, have up to 160 street sweepers and 16 cleaning agents. Comlurb’s cleaning service will extend to the last day of revelry, March 9, with the passage of the monobloc.
The total staff, throughout the carnival period, will be 7,500 street sweepers and 73 cleaning agents. Up to 10,000 containers of 240 liters and thousand of 1200 liters will be used in the concentration areas of the blocks.
Waste Champions
THE League of Blocks and Bands of the Port Zone with stage mounted on Mauá Square recorded the largest amount of waste, with 12 tons .
You Megablocos Carousel of Emotions (6.6 tons) and Alice Tea Block (6.3 tons) both in Center also contributed significantly to the volume of waste.
THE Cleaning outside the sambadrome for the Special Group Technical Rehearsal it is also included in total. To the Zero Waste Teams applied 21 AUTHORIES for urinating on public roads and 13 Authorations for irregular disposal of small waste (art. 82).
This content was originally published in RJ: blocks leave 28 tons of trash on the streets; See “Champions” on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil

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