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The Mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, today inaugurated the 1st Waste Conference 'Waste Management and Circular Economy', in which speakers from the Region of Murcia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands will debate throughout the day on territorial policies In terms of sustainability and waste management.

"Cities, as motors of the global economy, must be the main players in the face of the challenges that our consumer system poses, working for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth," said José Ballesta at the inaugural session.

The objective of this conference organized by the Association of Environmental Enterprises of the Region of Murcia (AEMA) is to analyze the normative and technological constraints of the current situation of waste management, evaluate current policies and their implementation by the Competent authorities;

Establishing the necessary tools for the achievement of the proposed objectives.

"From the Administrations, we must lead that transition to a circular economy, betting on waste management based on the 3R (reduce, reuse and recycle ') and strategies that prioritize sustainable production models, collaboration between sectors and an efficient economy in use Of resources, "reflected the mayor.

Moving towards a circular economy is on the agenda of the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.

It is estimated by recent European Commission studies that this change of model would save € 72 million per year and increase the EU's annual turnover in the waste management and recycling sector by € 42 billion .

Murcia, reference of Sustainable City

The data of selective collection in the set of districts and districts of the municipality of Murcia show the change of habits and the increase of the social awareness.

Thus, in 2016, five and a half million plastic kilos were counted, six and a half kilos of paper and board, seven million kilos of glass and 165,000 tons of waste.

Keep in mind that recycling a single can saves energy to watch three hours of television, a plastic bottle is equivalent to 6 hours of energy consumed by a light bulb, a ton of paper can avoid cutting 15 trees and a single ton of Bricks, saves 1,500 kilos of wood, 100,000 liters of water and 221 of diesel.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia