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sustainable market, recreational and educational workshops, circuit dog training, urban art, musical performances, gastronomy and urban garden vans have been the actions that have been developed throughout the day.
Ballesta: "The Murcia have always proven to be very concerned with recycling but now we have to achieve excellence"
The Mayor, José Ballesta, and the Councillor for Public Works, Roque Ortiz, this morning visited the R3 Market, held in the University Square, and which was attended by hundreds of Murcia, participating in the activities proposed by the city.
sustainable market, recreational and educational workshops, circuit dog training, urban art, musical performances, gastronomy and urban garden vans have been the actions that have been developed throughout the day.
The Mayor explained that "the city of Murcia was one of the first to go for recycling even before it was mandatory and Murcia have always proven to be very concerned because, continuously have increased the amounts collected".
Ballesta added that "now we have to achieve excellence recycling and therefore organize activities like today. For children, youth and families know how important and necessary for our environment is to recycle. There is a regulation on recycling of the European Union to be met in 2020 and the City Council we are ready to carry that adapting our services and our facilities, but to achieve this, we need the efforts and collaboration of Murcia. "
The City Council has signed agreements with national associations involved with recycling such as Ecoembes and Ecovidrio order to promote awareness campaigns and new forms of collection to facilitate the deposit of waste.
Treatment center Cañada Hermosa has the latest technologies to enable a model recovery in Europe.
Closes the cycle from the separation in homes until the end recycling.
According to statistics, from 2000 to 2015 figures have increased recycling by 295% from the 4,192,934 kilos of glass, cans and paper in 2000, to 16,568,152 kilos last year.
Meanwhile the council has increased significantly, by 52%, the number of containers selectively moving from 2,407 in 2005 to 3,669 in 2015. So, Murcia exceeds the average per capita container with a container for packaging every 393 murcianos (when the average in Spain is one per 443) and a paper container per 384 inhabitants (when the average in Spain is one for every 453).
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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