While the waste-management firm Berthier EBI de Costa Rica cut the ribbon to inaugurate its new 27-hectare landfill in Aserrí, south of San José, some 60 local residents blocked the entrance to the new landfill in protest yesterday.
About five dozen angry Aserrí residents filled the road leading to their community's new landfill yesterday morning to demand that EBI meet its promise to fix two bridges and nearly two kilometers of this pothole-strewn road it promised to repair with the opening of the landfill, which has a capacity to receive 1,000 metric tons of trash a day.
Police officer Pablo Bertozzi said the protests were peaceful and came to an end in the late morning once residents were able to establish a dialogue with EBI.
EBI spokesman Guillermo López said EBI plans to have the road repairs done in 15 business days, and that they are waiting on asphalt that was to be donated by the Aserrí Municipality as part of an agreement. He said despite the inauguration, the landfill won't actually take in trash for at least three weeks. |
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