«The pedagogy, added to a prolonged action of coercive measures initiated at the beginning of July by the Department of Citizen Security, are allowing the nearly 70 km2 of extension that the municipal term has, to look cleaner daily than a few months ago», Benissa City Council has indicated. Although it is true that the executive recognizes that there is still much to be done, they assume that the objective set by the mayor, Arturo Poquet, of having a cleaner Benissa «is being achieved, even during the summer season when the population multiplies for second homes and tourism.
On an ordinary day during the week, 22.160 kilograms of the remaining fraction are collected, 620 of organic, 2.160 of packaging, 2.100 of paper and cardboard, 1.480 of bulky items and equipment and more than 4.000 of vegetable remains. Figures that are substantially increased on weekends with the increase in the rest fraction.
This task, carried out by the men and women of the public company Benissa Impuls, has been valued by the municipal head as "of enormous quality and professionalism". To which he added, "we are very happy with our entire team but we are going to continue working to strengthen and improve it with more human and material resources."
In addition to aspects more related to cleaning and waste collection, the Modernization area is working against the clock to have a system of video surveillance cameras operational before the end of the year that allows members of the Local Police to identify violators of illegal dumping.
Arturo Poquet acknowledges, however, that there is still "a lot of work ahead and there is always room for improvement". However, the mayor also wanted to highlight: "This government works with determination and does not pay attention to external noise."
