Playa del Carmen, Q.R. — Two Aguakan employees caught dumping garbage from a company truck in a green area will face fines. Julieta Martín Azueta, the Secretary of PDC Municipal Public Services, says the men will be fined 65,000 pesos for illegal dumping.
The two men were caught unloading a company truck of pallets and furniture in a green area off Loros Avenue this week. It was by chance that they were caught by municipal officials who made them load the discarded items back into the bed of their pickup.
The incident was captured on video and officially reported to Playa del Carmen authorities who are imposing the fine. Martín Azueta said the two men were unloading their garbage from an Aguakan pickup truck and were caught in the process by a municipal dump truck on its way to the landfill.
The municipal workers stopped and made them load the pallets and furniture back into their pickup. She said she has been presented with photographic and video evidence of the moment in which the illegal waste was being dumped. The corresponding complaint has since been filed.
She said the fine not only includes the monetary amount, but also includes a second sanction as a corrective measure that will require the company to carry out a cleanup on a vacant lot designated by the municipality.
