Colocarán “Biobardas” en ríos de Puerto Vallarta

They will place “Biobardas” in rivers of Puerto Vallarta

Brenda Beltran - Tribuna De La Bahía

http://www.tribunadelabahia.com.mx/colocaran-biobardas-en-rios-de-puerto-vallarta/

Puerto Vallarta Jalisco - Dado que en Puerto Vallarta existe un problema de basura en los ríos y cuencas que parecen basureros, se estarán colocando “Biobardas”, las cuales son elaboradas con material de reciclaje y tienen como objetivo principal retener los residuos sólidos que se encuentran flotando en la superficie de los ríos y canales para evitar a que lleguen al mar.

En este sentido, Helios Hernández Hurtado, Subdirector de Medio Ambiente del Municipio de Puerto Vallarta, informó que la idea es retener la basura que viene flotando sobre el río sobre todo plásticos ya que existe un problema en la ciudad de que hay mucha basura que arroja la ciudadanía a estos. “Aproximadamente 30 campañas de limpieza hemos dirigido en seis meses, pero sigue siendo impresionante porque sigue habiendo basura”.

Since in Puerto Vallarta there is a problem of garbage in the rivers and basins that look like garbage dumps, “Biobardas” will be placed, which are made with recycling material and have as main objective to retain the solid waste that is floating on the surface of rivers and canals to prevent them from reaching the sea.

In this sense, Helios Hernández Hurtado, Deputy Director of Environment of the Municipality of Puerto Vallarta, reported that the idea is to retain the garbage that is floating on the river, especially plastics, since there is a problem in the city that there is a lot of garbage that throws citizenship to these. "Approximately 30 cleaning campaigns we have conducted in six months, but it's still impressive because there is still garbage."

It is not uncommon during the summer rainy season for plastic bottles and other non-bio-degradable contaminants accumulated in nearby rivers to flush downstream and accumulate in local beaches. To help trap and contain all this trash, Puerto Vallarta’s Environmental Department has developed biobardas, floating traps created using recyclable materials, to prevent solid residues floating downriver from reaching the ocean. “We have operated 30 cleanup campaigns over the past six months and our efforts have been insufficient,” commented Helios Hernandez Hurtado from said dependency, and the person in charge of implementing the new floating traps, which are being positioned in the Rio Cuale and Pitillal Rivers.

 

Biobardas are created by placing thousands of capped, empty plastic soda bottles into 65 ft. long ‘netted’ pouches and deploying them at strategic spots along river streams in such a way that they capture debris floating downstream. The project is being co-developed with Bahia Unida, a local non-profit lanched in 2016 to focus on the protection of natural resources in Banderas Bay (bahiaunida.org). Pedro Ulloa, who directs the organization, commented that the use of biobardas originated in Central America, where they have been instrumental in decreasing ocean contamination.