Basura cleanup

[wmeleney]

Is there a local citizens group which picks up trash around the city in small, but regular areas, neighborhoods, or barrios? Or is there interest in starting one?

[Doyle Phillips]

I volunteer.

Perhaps consider a section of roadway with a posted sign such as "Clean up of this section by the English Language Library". The sign would be immediately trashed but worth the expense/effort methinks. --doyle

[admin]

Doyle writes, "
...The sign would be immediately trashed but worth the expense/effort methinks. "

Why? Please explain.

[wmeleney]

I don’t understand your suggestion, Doyle. In reading what you didn’t write, I understand there us presently no such citizens group

[CVillarreal]

I follow this group on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Un-paseo-por-Gu...283907826/

[wmeleney]

Thank you. I will investigate and see if I can help. Bill

[mr bill]

Does your street have a street sweeper? I lived in San Juan de Dios in la Presa for 15 years and there was a municipal employee that would sweep the street and pick up litter. One time the dumpster on the corner was seriously neglected - no pickup had occurred in over a week. I went to the Presidencia Municipal (city hall) and found someone to talk to in the sanitation department. I explained the situation, she got on her walkie talkie and before I returned home a few hours later the matter (and the mess) had been dealt with. I was impressed by how responsive the city was. Also in my street, there was an occasional street cleaning that most members of the neighborhood participated in - when I noticed it happening I'd join in as well.

If you google "limpieza civil en guanajuato" you'll find several more or less current articles in Spanisih reegarding streeet cleaning and the cleanliness of GTO in general.

[wmeleney]

Thanks Mr. Bill,
In my neighborhood in the states, neighbors just get together to focus on one section of street. The city can’t do it all. I have not yet contacted the group Un paseo de GTO, which could be a possibility. I am “living” on Cerro Cuatro and have not seen any street cleaners up here. I don’t have any specific “mess” to refer the city to, I walk down daily through the stairs and alleys and could carry a bag with me, but need to learn where to deposit it. Just in a litter container in Centro perhaps?