Overview
- Guinness adjudicator Alfredo Arista Rueda presented the official certificate to Mayor Azucena Cisneros, confirming 148,525 participants.
- The effort began at 10:00 a.m. with whistles signaling 15 minutes of collection across 302 locations, including stretches of the Gran Canal, with waste separated into designated bags.
- Governor Delfina Gómez and Mayor Cisneros led volunteers from community groups and multiple levels of government, removing items such as tires, furniture and plastics.
- The certified tally surpasses the 2018 benchmark of 146,700 set in Minato, Tokyo, despite some outlets reporting higher preliminary figures of roughly 160,000 to 170,000.
- Authorities framed the action within the Limpiemos Nuestro EdoMéx initiative and the Plan Integral para el Oriente del Estado de México, with commitments to repeat the model in other municipalities.