Teams of residents and fishermen have removed more than 100 tonnes of garbage from the Río Blanco in Veracruz in the municipalities of Ignacio de la Llave and Tlalixcoyan Authorities had previously estimated that about 60 tonnes of garbage were floating along a six-kilometer stretch of the river But the amount of trash that had washed into the river turned out to be a lot more Veracruz environmental authorities traced the source of the garbage to eight illegal garbage dumps mostly in the municipalities of Cuichapa and Omealca There are at least 300 tonnes of garbage in the landfills head of the state environmental protection agency a large amount of garbage was left on a bank of the Río Blanco in a dump in Cuichapa The garbage was then carried away by the river when the water level rose The trash has been contained in a lagoon to prevent it from reaching the main Alvarado lagoon system which is home to the biggest population of manatees in Veracruz a fisherman who works in the lagoon system told Televisa that the situation is threatening his source of livelihood and that’s bad because there’s a lot of pollution,” he said The garbage that was removed from the river is being taken to a landfill in the municipality of Medellín Source: Milenio (sp), e-consulta (sp) ADVERTISE WITH MND COMMUNITY GUIDELINES Subscription FAQ's Privacy Policy Mexico News Daily - Property of Tavana LLC 43,000+ global companies doing business in the region 102,000+ key contacts related to companies and projects news and interviews about your industry in English