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Citizen commitment to recycling grows Spaniards deposit 8% more packaging waste in yellow and blue containers in 2019
Society is increasingly concerned about protecting the environment in which we live and more and more Spaniards are taking action to demonstrate that another...
PLASTICIRCLE OR HOW TO CLOSE THE LIGHT PLASTIC PACKAGING LOOP
The district of Sant Marcel·lí in Valencia is the scenario for the first PlastiCircle pilot study. From May to October of this year, residents...
Automation of light packaging treatment process at the “Las Dehesas” MSW treatment plant in the Valdemingómez Environmental Complex (Madrid)
The automation of the two lines gives each line a capacity of 7.2 t/h for the treatment of part of the packaging fraction. The...
Sogama tenders out packaging waste sorting facility management contract worth over €17.2 M
The Regional Government of Galicia has authorised the opening of a tender procedure by Sogama for the global management of the company’s light packaging...
Optimisation of operations at Tirme Packaging Recovery Facility in Mallorca
The light packaging recovery plant, which is a key factor in the success of recycling in Mallorca, has been constantly improving operations since it...
FCC Environment awarded the contract to manage the Pinto light-packaging waste sorting plant (Madrid)
The facility treats a total of 23,000 tonnes per year of light-packaging selective waste on the yellow bag, in order to recover the valuable...
Beyond containers
Óscar Martín, CEO at Ecoembes
When reviewing 2016, previewing what is already happening in 2017 and looking ahead to the 2020 scenario, we need to...
Asplarsem holds biennial seminar “Packaging and Horizon 2020”
At the end of May, the Spanish Association of Municipal Waste Packaging Recovery and Sorting Plants (ASPLARSEM) will bring together a large representation of the environment...
Spain reinforces commitment to circular economy and recycles 1.3 million tonnes of packaging waste in 2016
Spanish citizens are increasingly aware of the importance of the environment, a fact reflected in the figures of Ecoembes, the non-profit environmental organisation that...
Valladolid City Council to open tender procedure for upgrading and operation of waste treatment and disposal centre
Background
In 2002, what was said to be Europe’s most advanced waste treatment facility went into operation in Valladolid. The municipal plant, which has been...
