Veolia to expand waste, recycling services in Mexican city

France-based Veolia says it is working in cooperation with the city council of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico, to start the second stage of a “Containerization Program through which a total of 3,834 new containers will be installed, in addition to the 2,600 placed last year.”

Veolia and the city government are focusing on additional garbage collection capacity for public health and hygiene reasons, but they also will incorporate recycling aspects to the program. The program also is being designed in consideration of the health and safety of informal collectors of cardboard, metal and other recyclable discarded items.

States Veolia, “It is important to join forces with the local administration to develop solutions that increase the useful life and use [the] value of resources. Among them, today it maintains the operation of the final waste disposal site, a tire shredder, a sorting plant and a transfer station, and likewise carries out campaigns to promote environmental culture aimed at the community.”

“This collection system is a hygiene commitment not only to contribute to the well-being of the inhabitants of Tuxtla, but also for our [recyclables] collectors, since with this system contact with waste is minimal,” comments Alejandro Castanon, general manager at Veolia Tuxtla. “Thus, while allowing us to streamline the continuity of our service, we reduce health risks for everyone in these complex times we are currently going through.”

Tuxtla Gutiérrez is a city of about 600,000 people located in southern Mexico in the state of Chiapas.