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The music producer Laura Martín Nieto reported that smoke from garbage burning in areas of the Metropolitan Park of Havana is starting to affect the health of the residents.
This is the situation that the central area of Puentes Grandes in the Plaza de la Revolución municipality has been facing for several days after someone had the bright idea to set up a waste burning site in the areas of the Metropolitan Park of Havana," reported on Facebook this Friday.
Martín Nieto explained that the burning occurs “just 50 meters from the Clinical Surgical Hospital at 26, in the midst of a densely populated neighborhood of elderly people and children.”
"Visible respiratory effects are already beginning to be felt. Carbon monoxide KILLS. We do not know the health and environmental costs of burning all types of waste. I urge you to share this citizen complaint URGENTLY!" she lamented.
This complaint joins others that highlight the health impacts caused by the burning and accumulation of garbage in Havana, against a backdrop of public service collapse.
A few days ago, in Lawton, neighbors also reported about the burning of waste in a residential area due to the lack of oil for transporting it to landfills.
From Regla, another neighbor recounted a similar situation: "They were also burning garbage in the sand pit. The smoke was so thick that you could hardly see the bay or Havana, and the smell was horrible. They are killing us slowly."
A resident in Diez de Octubre stated that the city is filled with garbage because there is no daily collection. Additionally, Comunales has created an infectious hotspot in its facilities, emitting smoke and toxic gases, worsening the overall health of the population.
Recently, a complaint sent to CiberCuba accused the municipal government of San Miguel del Padrón of ordering garbage trucks to dump “all the trash” from the municipality in front of a pre-university school in Havana.
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