For their Esta Noche con Mariasela evening variety TV program, Mariasela Alvarez and Diana Lora interviewed municipal legal expert Waldys Jaquez and garbage recycling specialist Jorge Rizek to better understand the reasons behind the present crisis at the garbage dumpsite for Greater Santo Domingo. That same evening, dense smog had covered Greater Santo Domingo.
Jaquez explained that Japan had installed the landfill for operation by its technicians and a team of trained Dominicans in 1997. At the time, recycling was not considered because the Japanese argued that Dominican garbage was mostly organic. He said, unfortunately, that operation was disbanded in 2007, coinciding with the division of the city of Santo Domingo into four municipalities. The landfill fell under the administration of Santo Domingo North.
Jaquez explained that a tender was held and the management...
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