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| In addition to public spaces, more than 110,000 containers have been disinfected during this period | The Murcia City Council, through the Street Cleaning and Waste Management Service of the Department of Sustainable Mobility and Youth, and Ferrovial Services have used more than a million liters of disinfectant solution during the first month of confinement within the Special Plan for Disinfection designed to combat the spread of the coronavirus.To carry out all these cleaning and disinfection tasks, Ferrovial Servicios has 93 operators from the total workforce, exclusively dedicated to these tasks.

An average of 29,750 liters of solution is being used per day.

During this period, approximately 6,300 liters of hypochlorite diluted in water have been consumed, applying 1,071,000 liters of this disinfecting solution in specific areas and placesFor the disinfecting solution, a hypochlorite of 170 g / l of richness in active matter is being used, thus achieving an optimal dilution in water to disinfect without causing collateral damage.The sanitation, disinfection and cleaning tasks have been adapted and readjusted to new circumstances, attending to the different phases of the de-escalation, expanding to different and new walk areas, starting with the children's walks that began on April 26, with pedestrian areas and closure of the Gran Vía, continuing and expanding this work, to streets, walks and roads of the municipality.In this disinfection and cleaning task, 5 9,000-liter tanks, one 8,000-liter tank, two container washers that perform the function of a tank, 18 pressure-cleaning vehicles of various sizes and capacities, versatile and adapted to different tasks, are used in the morning shift.

spaces and geographies of the municipality, with their respective endowments.In addition, for these tasks, 26 back-up teams are available with 16-liter backpacks on the Monday-Saturday morning shift, using this system to achieve between 25 and 30 disinfection points a route of between 5 and 6 kilometers.

In addition, there are five-liter backpacks for each high-pressure cleaner, to disinfect once they have been cleaned with a high-pressure cleaner and degreaser.In the afternoon and evening shift, the disinfection and cleaning operation is also carried out.

There are four 9,000-liter tanks, a container-washing unit carrying out tank functions, and 10 hydro-cleaning vehicles with their corresponding equipment.

The service is also active on Sundays.All containers are disinfected two to three times a week.

Since these aseptic tasks began, more than 110,000 containers have been disinfected.

This sanitization process also applies to all existing litter bins in the municipality.Hydro-cleaning vehicle works reach an average of 50 containers that are treated first with pressurized water and then disinfected with hypochlorite.The Councilor for Sustainable Mobility and Youth, Rebeca Pérez, has highlighted "the important work of sanitizing and disinfecting the critical environments of the municipality, carried out by cleaning operators and by other services that have joined in this arduous and fundamental task in these time".

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia