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Councilman environmental campaigns, Juan Manuel García, accompanied by the CEO of Hidrogea, Javier Ybarra, and the manager of Aguas de Jumilla, Manuel Ray, presented this morning in Jumilla the 'wipes' campaign, which aims to raise awareness population causing problems throwing the toilet wipes.
The campaign, launched by Hidrogea and lasting a month is within the 'Sustainable Jumilla' Annual Plan presented last week.
It aims to prevent clogging drains of homes, as well as pipelines, pumping stations and sewage treatment plants wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) that causes wipes to throw toilet at the same time contributing to pollute less and be eco ambient.
As explained by Juan Manuel Garcia: "Pull wipes the toilet is a bad practice that in addition to expensive cleaning, maintenance and repair of sanitation and water treatment, energy consumption increases also blockages in installations can result in overflows. sewage with consequent health and environmental risk. "
Unlike toilet paper that melts, textile wipes not disintegrate and decompose into shreds;
in contact with water increase in size and reach purification plants in shreds, which attract dirt and debris and it is very difficult to destruction and pollute the environment.
Furthermore, the use of the wipes is widespread;
They are used in everyday household cleaning surfaces as well as for personal cleansing or hygiene, among other uses.
Manuel Ray has offered specifics of Jumilla, noting that the number of wipes retiring a year before entering the treatment plants is 29 tons, which means that each inhabitant average yields of just over 1 kilo of wipes down the toilet.
It also accounts for 50% of the waste arriving at these facilities.
Javier Ybarra has referred to the shocking campaign of image and sound that was designed to reach the media, advertising panels on the streets, social networks and even schools.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla
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