MERANO. The new formula desired by the Merano council in agreement with the ASM to put a stop to the abandoned rubbish that infests several areas of the city is about to get to the point. At the beginning of the month, the training of fifteen “waste watchers” was completed. We can define them as “inspectors” who monitor the correct disposal of waste (but they will also look at those who throw cigarettes on the ground and at dog waste not collected by those accompanying the animals).
A new figure, that of the “waste watcher”. The team will be made up of ASM employees, recruited on a voluntary basis, who will work extra hours compared to their service, remunerated with overtime. They will have the task of educating and guiding correct behaviour. They will also be recognizable by a badge, a card that qualifies them. They will not have the power to fine directly. They will travel in pairs.
Decoration.
In a first phase they will be supported in their checks by a local police officer. Above all, they will be required to raise awareness among citizens and drivers on the issue of cleanliness and decorum of public spaces. They will then also have the power to ascertain violations, identify transgressors and report them to the local police who will then draw up the relevant report and, in confirmed cases, impose sanctions.
Exposed nerve.
Illegal waste disposal is one of the raw nerves that the latest legislatures in via Portici, together with the operational arm of the municipal company, have been called to address. A problem that manifests itself like a leopard, in the city, with frequency, insistence, different dimensions but with the common denominator of causing consequences in terms of both public hygiene and image. As well as on the ASM accounts which reverberate, in one way or another, on the bills. The introduction of “waste watchers” is the last frontier, borrowed from an experience of some members of the junta in Vienna last spring. Austrian capital which, despite its metropolitan dimensions and dizzying tourist numbers, appears tidy and clean.
The initiative brings to mind the experience attempted ten or more years ago when a task force was created made up of personnel who had served in the police force, responsible for monitoring the areas of greatest concentration of illegal waste disposal. The team was subsequently liquidated because it lacked legal requirements.
Now, in another way, we're trying again.
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