CHIMBOTE – They require that vessels do not throw waste into the Sea

Chimbote fishing vessels can no longer throw their waste into the sea, to reduce pollution at the beach, said the Manager of Environmental Management of the Provincial Municipality of Santa Rosa Bartra Barriga.

The Officer announced that from now ships must submit a plan for solid waste management. In that sense the commune is notifying each.

To this extent work, said Bartra, the municipality will start the garbage collection on vessels in a planned way. "For no good clean if the source of the contamination is not corrected"He said.

As is known, by the abundance of debris on the beach, several civic groups cleanups executed. Another source of pollution remains more than 20 factories producing fishmeal.

SOURCE: Diariocorreo.pe