The president of Dixi Sanitary Services, Jan Hendrickx, told the Listin Diario that while their contract for garbage collection was not transferred to the municipality, the government will reduce the payment of their service from monies transferred to the municipality every month. The government has a commitment to pay US$800,000 a month to Dixi, equivalent to some RD$11,200,000 a month. Dixi is responsible for garbage collection in 85% of the neighborhoods of Santo Domingo, and makes collections of about 1,500 to 1,700 tons of refuse per day. Hendrickx said the government is in arrears with RD$25 million.
