An open landfill over 500 meters along the Zac de Rivière-Roche in Fort-de-France. of the road that runs alongside the Martiniquaise de Valorisation incinerator. More than twenty carcasses of vehicles are abandoned there, but there are also rubble and household appliances. A situation that accelerated during confinement confides Willy, a local resident, at the microphone of Adeline Courson
The site is however monitored and is located on the territory of CACEM. It is the agglomeration community of municipalities in central Martinique that is responsible for the treatment of this waste left along the, apart from abandoned cars, which will have to be picked up by the city.
Charles Orel, deputy director general of CACEM in charge of infrastructure, buildings and the environment, indicates that the first elements have been identified in order to identify the offenders. They will be communicated to the city of Fort-de-France which will be responsible for verbalizing them. He explains that the cleaning will be done in the coming hours. But not everything will disappear today. Addressing this situation has a significant cost. The provisional amount is 200,000 euros.
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