BRINDISI – From June a new door-to-door collection calendar will come into force in the streets of Brindisi, with delivery of the new tubs. The president of the Teorema company, Claudio Nardecchia, took stock of waste collection in the city, eight months after the Acquaviva delle Fonti company took over from Ecotecnica. The focus on the performance of the service was made during an event that took place this morning (Friday 24 May), at the Verdi theatre, where the new communication and awareness campaign on the topic of the circular economy and separate waste collection entitled “Doing better is possible – You are the heart of change”.
In addition to Nardecchia, the technical director of Teorema, Gianni Milano, and the mayor Giuseppe Marchionna were also present.
New calendar
As explained by Nardecchia, the new calendar will come into force starting from June 17, when the distribution of the new tubs will begin. As regards domestic users, three days will be dedicated to the collection of organic waste, two for undifferentiated waste and one for paper, plastic and glass. Regarding non-domestic users, the organic waste will be collected every day in the summer season. The undifferentiated waste and other fractions will instead be collected twice a week. “The new calendar – says Nadercchia – is more balanced and more effective. Over the next 3-4 months, it should produce the declared effects.”
The priority is to increase the percentage of separate waste collection, which has been stuck below 40 percent for some time. We will do this “as soon as possible”, claims Bardecchia. “It is always appropriate to remember – adds the president of Teorema – that these are services in which responsibility is trilateral”. The reference is to the manager, to the municipal administration and to the relationship with the citizens, “who play an important role like ours”.
Absenteeism node
The stalemate in separate waste collection is also linked to the significant rate of absenteeism recorded among workers, as reported by the Dec (director of contract execution), Gianluca Fischetto, on the occasion of a session of the Environment Commission which took place last last April 4th. “In some situations – declares – Nardecchia – we have had excessive levels of absence, which must be analyzed on a case-by-case basis”.
Fleet of vehicles and temporary workers
As regards the fleet of vehicles, just over 10 remain to be replaced. “In quantitative terms – he states – they are adequate”. The seven former Ecotecnica temporary workers will soon enter into service. For months they have been holding a permanent sit in front of the Municipality of Brindisi, demanding compliance with the union agreement. Starting from June 1st, these will be employed in summer services, with fixed-term contracts.
Environmental guards hypothesis
Finally, an appeal to all citizens “so that the objective of improving waste separation can be achieved”. In this regard, the company “will adopt more rigorous and severe operational behavior compared to the current ones”. In short, sanctions are foreseen against users who do not separate waste adequately.
An incentive could come from the use of “environmental guards”. The hypothesis (currently little more than an idea) was floated by Marchionna. “We are thinking – declares the mayor – with the help of the third sector, of training courses for environmentalist associations which can then define a sort of body of environmental guards (in a legal framework to be defined, ed.), to which, as happens for traffic assistants, a public service role, capable not only of reporting, but also of sanctioning any elusive or evasive behavior or attitudes”.
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