Córdoba: Passerini was asked about the garbage and he passed the buck to the stands

The mayor of Córdoba, Daniel Passerini, once again looked the other way when he was confronted with the problems faced by the citizens of the capital.

This happened during a radio interview with Mitre, when he was asked about the problems with garbage collection.

Instead of explaining why this service provided by the Municipality of Córdoba is deficient and how he could improve it, he deflected and blamed the negligence of the users.

"The issue of garbage is so important and so concerning that we created a sanitary risk unit a year ago. Because I think this is the first approach. Garbage is not just a matter of being more or less clean, but it also affects public health. Because garbage can be pathogenic waste, it can be organic remains that are thrown into a water source and contaminate it," he said, dodging responsibility.

Passerini and the unsolved garbage problem in Córdoba capital

"With this sanitary risk unit we created, we established two environmental misdemeanor courts, and to show the scale of the problem, we already have more than 2,500 complaints registered, and we've carried out more than 300 interventions with business closures, fines for micro and macro illegal dumps, and now we're already moving forward with the discussion of a new Coexistence Code, which was the last thing we did, where we also proposed penalties including jail time and harsher economic punishments, but also in terms of raising environmental awareness," he added, always placing the blame on others.

Passerini justified the irregularity of the garbage collection service by citing countries where the garbage truck only comes once a week as an example.

"I understand that we need to move to a system where garbage isn't collected 6 times a week. I'm saying that in the downtown area and in some places, it's collected up to 3 times a day. So, if you're a major generator, we're working, we've created instances where obviously we're moving toward an evolution, which is what I understand should be the next bidding process," he explained.

He also pointed out that the problem won't be solved by increasing the frequency of collection.

"We should move toward a different system. I think we need to raise awareness and set an example with the sanctions imposed. It's not that I just got rid of it and if it happens, it happens. No. Here, garbage must be taken out on the designated day and there's one day a week when there's a special service that collects recyclables, that collects plastics, and that's where we need to go. Otherwise, the world's landfill prices won't be enough for so much garbage," he added.

Finally, Passerini washed his hands of the problem and blamed homeless people for removing garbage from the street.