The Biosphere Reserve office has started this week the door-to-door information campaign on the collection of household goods service, which is offered free of charge by the island's town councils. The initiative has started in Arrecife, based on population and problematic criteria. The Councillor for the Biosphere Reserve, Samuel Martín, and the Councillor for Cleaning of the Arrecife Town Hall, Jacobo Lemes, participated in its first neighbourhood action.
The Councillor invites the population to use this free service, which, with a simple telephone call, has a significant impact on improving the health and cleanliness of cities and towns: "We must once again feel the street as part of our collective heritage, as an extension of our home, as a place for meeting and socialising that we want to be friendly, clean and welcoming".
The councillor responsible for urban cleaning in the capital city expressed the same sentiment, insisting on the free nature of this service, the immediate response of the collection company and the benefits for the common space of a more civic and generous attitude.
This activity, which will take place in the vicinity of the black spots on public roads, will continue in the coming weeks and will involve direct communication with residents, among whom refrigerator magnets with the addresses and telephone numbers of the furniture and appliance removal services and the clean points that currently operate will be distributed.
Responsibilities in a Biosphere Reserve
The campaign is a replica of a pilot project previously carried out in the La Vega neighbourhood, which ended with a very positive balance in the change of neighbourhood behaviour.
The person responsible for conveying the message of respect for public space and citizen collaboration with waste management will be identifiable by their uniform with the logos of the Biosphere Reserve of the Cabildo de Lanzarote.
On the other hand, in relation to this island problem, the students of the fourth, fifth and sixth year of Primary of the CEIP of the island will receive the workshop "Biosphere Informants for a day", by the company Tágora, consisting of reflecting on the changes that have experienced the surroundings of schools and the system of collection of belongings and their benefits, to transfer this knowledge to the family and neighborhood environments.