Fine of up to 750 euros for leaving furniture next to the containers

Leaving a sofa or some boxes next to the container is expensive. A resident of the El Tejar area has been fined by the Policía Local de El Puerto de Santa María for depositing furniture, boxes and other belongings outside the designated containers. The infraction can reach 750 euros, depending on the facts and their classification. The action is part of the interventions that the Policía Local has been carrying out in recent weeks to detect and report the abandonment of waste in public spaces. During last October, various reports were processed for these behaviors, including leaving furniture and belongings on the street and dumping paints, solvents and other waste in containers not intended for these materials.

Furniture and belongings should not be left next to the containers. Anyone who needs to dispose of them has two options: use the municipal collection service or take them free of charge to the Punto Limpio del Centro Municipal de Limpieza. This avoids accumulations that harm the cleanliness and image of public spaces. In addition to police surveillance, there is the monitoring by the municipal cleaning services carried out by the Oficina Técnica de El Puerto Global. Its inspection service checks on the ground the quality of cleaning and waste collection, detects deficiencies and passes information to the Medio Ambiente area. Between June 1 and October 16, two controllers from El Puerto Global dedicated more than 290 hours to inspecting the urban solid waste collection service. The work is supported by the digitalization of routes, the geolocation of containers and the monitoring of the vehicle fleet. The deputy mayor of Seguridad, Jesús Garay, has stated that «the Policía Local will continue monitoring and acting against those who abandon waste in unauthorized places, because there are municipal services to properly dispose of furniture and belongings».