Armando Paíno Henríquez, who takes over as head of the Ministry of Environmentsaid that one of his commitments will be the organization of the sector linked to the solid wasteemphasizing aspects such as payment for management services and the extended responsibility from the producer.
The official said: “Since the Ministrythe commitment that we will have is the need that, within the framework of the management integral of the solid wastelet’s start implementing regimes extended responsibility “from the producer”.
“Those who generate a lot of waste have to pay for it. Those who produce special or hazardous waste have to adhere to a regime, whether the City Council or privately does so. managementregulated by Environment or the City Council,” added Henríquez during a ceremony to deliver the regularization plans to the Dominican Federation of Municipalities (Fedomu) solid waste to 20 municipalities, carried out last Wednesday.
The minister stated that the Mayors’ offices They can’t carry the management of the hospital wastespecial or dangerous without sufficient funds. “We have to organize the sector, with the pending regulations, we have a good Law and what is missing now is to test the regulations,” he said.
Pay for the trash
The former director of the Sustainable DO Trust referred to the “financial issue” in the management of the waste. “We cannot keep putting this off and one of the ways to solve this problem is to work immediately with the management “of the payment of waste management services. Neither with trusts nor with special funds are we going to solve the problem if there is no collection of garbage fees, this has to be modernized.”
Henríquez also cited the importance of the valorization of waste. “The (sanitary) landfill has to be the last step. It is too expensive to treat waste in the final disposal. But we can and we have examples that allow us to reduce that amount, taking advantage of the plasticscreating collection centers, educating the population,” he said.
Ceara Hatton says goodbye
The minister of Environment, Miguel Ceara Hattonsaid goodbye on Thursday to the institution he led for two years, noting that “the battle to preserve the natural resources “you have to give it.”
“We have to learn to live together and create economic conditions in harmony with nature,” he said, stressing the need for all citizens to be able to “turn sustainability into culture.”
“We have given value to this ministry, and people have to respect this ministry and have to respect your work; and have to respect the work of all of us,” said the official, who thanked the collaborators who accompanied him during his visit. managementwhich he defined as a very enriching experience focused on preserving ecosystems and biodiversity as a collective heritage.
The economist Miguel Ceara Hatton He was replaced as head of the Ministry of Environment by the lawyer Armando Paíno Henríquez, through the decree 434-24.
