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MINAM technicians met with officials from the Municipality of Ventanilla and toured a area affected by falling dozens of containers.A team of technicians from the Ministry of Environment (Minam) moved to Costa Azul beach and the window dolphins and found the damage caused by the accumulation of garbage, mainly remains of plastics, technopor and packaging tapes that left the fall of dozens of containers to the Callao Sea.
The specialists carried out the verification of the area accompanied by representatives of the Municipality of Ventanilla, with whom they met previously, in order to know the commune action plan for cleaning the area affected by the remains left by the extraction of products from the containers, after being stranded on the beach.
During the technical visit by the Minam technical team, the solid waste management specialist, Jose Esteban Jimenez, said that from the sector actions will be articulated with the institutions in charge and involved in the cleaning of the beach, in order to perform a faster and faster and effective joint work.
He also explained that the remains left by the fall of containers to the sea represents a significant risk for the marine ecosystem. We not only talk about visible products such as appliances or plastics, but also microplastic and technopor, which can fragment and be ingested by fish, birds and marine mammals, which puts their diet at risk, he warned.
It was known that the cleaning of the area will be carried out with support and coordination of the Directorate of General of Captaincy and Coast Guard (Dicapi) of the Navy of Peru, with the purpose of ensuring the effective conservation of the coastal marine ecosystem.
It should be noted that Tecnopor is a prohibited material since 2021, within the framework of Law No. 30884 that regulates the single -use plastic and disposable containers or containers.
During the inspection, it was observed that cleaning actions have already been carried out in the affected area, which will continue in the next few days.
