The dumping of illegal garbage is a recurring problem in the natural areas of Martinique, such as on Chemin Gommier Blanc in Fort-de-France. To the great dismay of local residents, unscrupulous people regularly dump their bins on the road. To the point that the CACEM (Agglomeration Community of Center of Martinique) traveled on Friday (December 27) and found certain offenders. (Re)see the report by Cécile Marre and Céline Chalono.
It is a natural area popular with sportsmen from Fort-de-France above Tivoli with its preserved forest. Only, there you have it! She is regularly soiled. Mattresses, car parts, woodwork or simple household trash cans… People throw away piles of trash at night.
There is indeed a dead sheep in a pile. And other garbage that should have been in a landfill. CACEM came to observe the situation. A few months ago, she started monitoring and warning by installing signs. Incivility has shifted. Elected officials are raising their voices.
Pollution is not just visual. A little further up, the pile even overflows onto the roadway, to the point where buses barely pass.
But for this waste, the environment brigade was able to find the culprit: a company which is not in the territory of Fort-de-France. He was ordered to repair the damage.
In addition to the fine, withdrawal can be charged up to 3000 euros. If the organization of collection needs to be improved with the difficulties of the Martiniquais Waste Treatment and Recovery Union (SMTVD), at the same time, solutions are offered to companies.
CACEM announces other operations like this in Sainte-Thérèse or Ravine Touza in Schœlcher. Cameras and photo traps are installed on sensitive sites.
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