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Mayor visits the workshops set in the Garden of Floridablanca to commemorate World Recycling Day.
Recovered paper in containers in 2013 would have prevented the cutting of more than 100,000 trees, while the reused glass saves nearly a million gallons of fuel.
Estrella Levante has been awarded the III Recognition for his contribution to recycling.
".... It's time for recycling" and Murcia celebrates today with results that make me optimistic: since this service began in 2000, has quadrupled the amount of packaging waste, paper and glass are collected, which increased from 4,192 tons to 15,748 tons in 2013.
These results have been known in the day that the World Recycling Day is commemorated, why the Floridablanca Garden has hosted various activities of environmental issues organized by the City of Murcia and the concessionaire of this service, Cespa.
The Mayor, Miguel Angel House, accompanied by Councilman Urban Cleaning and Waste Management, Jose Ros, Cespa delegate in Murcia, Antonio Igualada, and the President of the Municipal Board, Michelangelo Saura, visited and Recycling Market educational workshops for over 300 schools that have visited throughout the morning.
Before starting the tour, Mayor, Miguel Ángel Cámara, Patricio Valverde has given the Recognition of World Recycling granted in this third edition Estrella Levante for being "a company concienciada to the environment and which is distinguished by its commitment for the three R's, reduce, reuse and recycle in their production systems. "
If collaboration is critical industries, is also essential awareness of citizens to spread the habit of separating because, in addition to giving a second life to waste, helps to save natural resources, reduce emissions and combat climate change.
In the case of Murcia, this effort has measurable consequences:
- Recycle paper 1,000 kilograms 14-15 avoid cutting trees, making Murcia in 2013 "saved" 101,655 felling trees
- 1 Ton of used glass bottles saves 130 liters of fuel, so in 2013 the Murcia saved 881,009 liters of fuel.
- With two tons of recycled plastic used 1 ton of crude oil saving and reduced emissions of greenhouse gases and waste generated in the process.
- By recycling one plastic bottle saves the energy needed to keep a light bulb lit for 6 hours or a can recycling saves energy to watch TV for 3 hours
YEAR 2000 YEAR 2013 DIFFERENCE
Envases218.9804.010.2801731% 17 times more
Q Papel2.075.0614.961.120139% more duplicate
Triplicate Vidrio1.898.8936.776.990257%
I quadrupled selectiva4.192.93415.748.390276% Total
Precisely promote eco-responsible behavior among citizens and raise awareness of recycling and waste separation is the aim of the council with the commemoration of the World Day, adding a fun, close and didactic approach.
To this end, it has organized in Floridablanca Garden Market Exhibition Recycling one where he has shown how participants reused waste creatively to give further use.
Several groups have participated exposing their figures and other items recycled in order to show the different possibilities offered products that, in principle, are considered waste but can acquire a new use.
At the same time, there have been educational workshops for school children to learn in a fun way how to reuse and separate properly and to make recycled crafts.
Exhibitors who have gathered today are:
- Much x Living Aecc Sewer: exhibition and sale of items made with coffee capsules, soft drinks sheets, fabric, buttons, necklaces ...
- Inma Escudero: recycled lamps, exhibition and sale
- Association Convientoafavor: bugs bulbs recycled and recycled figures show
- Center for Women Patino: shows the work done by women in this center with recycled materials
- Ability: recycled cardboard figures show
- Recikl'arte: exhibition and sale of accessories made with recycled material
- Sculptor Antonio Florenciano: exposure recycled iron sculptures, plates and recovered materials
- Vetroglass: recycled glass exhibition
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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