Prague 10 – garbage: City Hall complains about problems, enlightenment will help
There is probably no neighborhood group on social networks where there is no sigh over time non-exported containersya mess that is rolling around. While in some parts of the city this is a unique problem, or it is successfully solved in the long run, in Prague 10 they have been struggling with this issue for many years.
You can see photos of packed containers not only for sorted waste, but also for municipal waste, and to make matters worse, the containers often have things that have nothing to do there, such as mattresses, sofas, pieces of cabinets, etc. Even if the garbage collectors take the containers away, this clutter remains, and people wonder why not everything was tidied up. However, a specialized cleaning company is in charge of cleaning the garbage around the bins, The Prague services do not have it in their job description.
“A garbage truck which dumps street containers for sorted waste, is not adapted to clean up the clutter that is on the ground nearby waste containers. The cleaning crews regularly perform the cleaning crews repeatedly within a week. In some parts of the city, all street waste sorting sites are cleaned every working day in the city center, even cleaning is done daily, ”explains Radim Mana from the Prague Services.
Endless struggle
This is also confirmed by the spokesman of Prague 10, Jan Hamrník. “Various forms of cleaning are provided in Prague 10, eg for sorted containers waste is cleaned up to 7 times a weekE. As for the frequency of separate waste collection, they are continuously increased, “the spokesman said.
“In practice, it seems that on the basis of suggestions from citizens or surveys of our employees of the Department of the Environment, we submit applications to the City of Prague. m of Prague to increase the capacity of containers for sorted waste (either more often by exporting or adding another container), or to increase the frequency of cleaning. The capital will satisfy us in the vast majority of cases. Just to give you an idea, since the beginning of this year, we have submitted 65 applications including 90 individual requests to increase collection or the placement of new separate collection containers, ”adds Hamrník completely. If the owners of apartment houses consider it appropriate, they can request containers for sorted waste. In addition, there is no extra charge for this service
It works a little differently in the case of mixed waste. The owners of apartment buildings are responsible for a sufficient number of containers and their location. “We always try to resolve the identified shortcomings amicably by sending a notification of unsatisfactory condition and requirement to ensure redress. Many apartment buildings have their containers located outside public spaces, and we constantly try to address the owners of houses where the containers remain on the roads (often for reasons of space), “says the spokesman.
Enlightenment will help
The biggest problem is probably not the insufficient number of waste bins, but how people approach public space. Above all, people should learn not to be indifferent to their surroundings, for example, you just have to tread the paper boxes honestly to fit the waste as much as possible. another long-term solution that seeks to keep waste generation to a minimum.
“We want to support a variety of approaches which lead to a reduction in the amount of waste (appeal for reduction), for its prevention (appeal for recovery, eg by composting) or redirection of its flow (appeal for reuse, eg in the form of so-called swaps or reuse activities), ”concludes Jan Hamrník.
Václav Karabáček and Tomáš Lacina from the Prague Services on the collection of underground containers. (2019) Daniel Vitous
Bags with sorted waste, which people leave at the bins, end up in the incinerator.
Author: CNC / Jan Zázvorka