The garbage that was accumulated in the City Hall garbage dump “Orito” were taken to the continent on the ship Aquiles of the Chilean Navy. The load included plastic, glass, cardboard, between others. This materials were kept during a year in quarantine before it was permitted to transport it. At the continent they would be taken to two different recycling companies and they would be in charge of processing the trash of Easter Island.

We expect this load to be the first of many! So we can keep Rapa Nui clear of garbage. 

On November our mayor Luz Zasso P. signed an agreement of renewable energies with the Minister of Energy and other authorities. This will save the use of electric energy with the implementation of energetic systems, compose of thermal solar collectors and an energy auxiliary system of high efficiency in the Minors House, Adults Public Center between others. The idea is to have an energetic autonomy. 

The Minister of Culture and the artists of the circus were welcome in Easter Island by the community and the local authorities. This visit is part of the “Rapa Nui Plan” organized by the Council of Culture that is trying to strengthen relations and promote the cultural interchange between the community of the island and the rest of Chile.

In order to raise the awareness in the population of Easter Island about the delicate ecological situation of the most remote place in the world, the Environmental Management Unit of the City Hall of Easter Island, has created a campaign of Ecobricks. The idea is to fill plastic bottles with clean non-biodegradable trash like aluminum, plastic, etc.

The purpose is to use them to build the Department of Environmental Management and teach the community of Rapa Nui the different techniques to build with this material.