Tibás Garbage Finally Being Picked Up
With brooms, shovels and more important, six trucks, Municipalidad de Tibás workers were out in full force yesterday to rid the city of the estimated 1.200 tonnes of garbage that has been accumulating on the streets.

The garbage has been piling up in Tibás for about a month and raised health issues as mosquitoes and rats have had their feasts. Foul odors had taken over some areas of the city, while city officials complained of not having enough money to fix the garbage trucks.

According to Óscar Sánchez, chief of collections, the garbage situation in Tibás will be back to normal in 10 days.

"The trucks began to roll in the areas of Virginia, Invu, Jardines and Villa Franca", said Sánchez and will soon be concentrating in the centre of town.

"I can finally breathe easy and the crews are back on the job, like it should be, collecting garbage", said Jorge Salas, interim mayor of Tibás.


Salas had asked for help by the Comisión Nacional de Emergencias (CNE), who will deal with the collection problem for the next six months and will cover the ¢150 million colones needed to clear the problem, while the municipality finds ways to finance the garbage collection problems.