Just a fortnight ago, the Public Services Councillor of the Santa Cruz de Tenerife City Council, Carlos Tarife, introduced a campaign using chairs to “deter” those who recklessly dispose of rubbish beside the designated waste containers.
This initiative, which he personally launched last Tuesday alongside an inspector and the Local Police, targeted various areas of the municipality after identifying 28 spots of illegal dumping on public streets.
According to the councillor, these incidents occurred because the containers were relocated “no more than 50 metres” from their original positions to accommodate the recycling bins. “There are instances where they were moved just 10 metres and yet residents keep depositing their garbage in the old location of the containers,” Tarife revealed.
Recently, a resident of Camino de El Hierro street shared with DIARIO DE AVISOS a video depicting the scene he encounters on a weekly basis, which starkly contrasts with the councillor’s account.
The video reveals overflowing recycling containers on the aforementioned street, leaving no room for “more plastic or paper,” thereby forcing locals to leave their waste on the ground.
“And then they expect us to recycle. This has been ongoing for a week or more now. Where else are we supposed to dispose of our waste? Wherever we can,” the aggrieved resident lamented.
Little additional information is available about the chair campaign, as on the very day it was supposed to commence in Añaza, the City Council announced its postponement following an incident where a large branch fell from a tree in García Sanabria park in the city centre, resulting in the hospitalisation of a tourist walking in the vicinity.
