In fact, they accuse the Mayor of “letting the municipal cleaning & rubbish-collection service die,” in order to externalise those same services; in other words, farm them out to private contractors.

Socialist Councillor, Gádor Domínguez, claims, “We receive complaints from residents within the different barrios because they are worried about the image that Motril projects.”

IU-V-E Councillor José García Lorente, considers that privatising municipal services is not the answer as the town continues to be dirty, going so far as to say that “[The state of] the Town is disgusting.

IU Verdes-Equo demands that money be spent on new machinery and personnel and that the Punto Limpo should be extended in capacity or provide mobile units, such as the ones that exist in other towns.

Editorial comment: Whilst it is the Council’s responsibility to make sure that streets are cleaned and rubbish taken away, the fault to some extent lies with those that litter the town. A recent report in the Ideal provincial press offered graphic images of the sports area in Barrio San Antonio which is covered in rubbish, spilling over from the embankment above it, which is piled with everything from discarded sofas to household rubbish.

(News/Noticias: Motril, Costa Tropical, Granada, Andalucia)