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The totaneros recycle more glass than any other waste selective collection, followed by paper and cardboard and light packaging (22/01/2014)

Totaneros glass recycle more than any other municipal solid waste in the process of selective collection, since, in 2013 over 672,849 kilograms of this residue recycled into the containers provided in the existing clean points 103 for this purpose, followed by the paper plasterboard and lightweight packaging, respectively.

According to sources are the Department of Environment of Totana, in 2013, he also collected a total of 291,011 pounds of paper and cardboard and 216,880 kilograms of lightweight containers in containers ready for this object.

These figures represent an overall increase in the selective collection of all waste from the year 2012 in this county with the exception of glass, in which 720,010 kilograms were removed glass, paper and cardboard 269 113 and 213 010 light packaging.

The month in which the greatest amount of glass was collected in 2013 was August, with 74,020 kilograms.

In these figures, the 71,838 pounds recycled in 2013 as part of the scheduled pick-up cardboard "door to door" that the Department provides to retailers and catering establishments of the town of Totana added, which allows daily home collection from 18:30 hours independent of retiring in containers.

In 2013, the month in which higher numbers of paper and cardboard were recycled was October (29,129 kg), followed by April (28,206) and May (26,274).

While the month in which greater use is made of the service "door to door" was the April, in which a total of 6,964 pounds were recycled.

And with that service, 6,964 kilograms of this waste in April, 6,486 in May and 6,265 in December, coinciding with employers and holidays were collected.

Light packaging

Meanwhile, in 2013 a total of 216,880 kilograms of lightweight containers in containers ready for this work were collected, being the month of April (19,660 kilograms) that higher numbers of separate collection of waste were recorded, followed by July (19,620) and May (19,460).

Public awareness

Separate collection is the separation of waste by deposit in different containers that are recycled: the green, waste paper and cardboard, yellow, light packaging, and green, for the rest of glass.

A key element in the proper functioning of separate collection lies in collaboration and public awareness separating recyclable waste from other waste organic and depositing them in the corresponding container, according to sources in the department.

It is also noted that the winter schedule Ecopark Totana are Tuesday through Saturday, from 10:00 to 14:00 and 16:00 to 19:30, so that the waste materials are being deposited there sorting plants, where they are separated, recovered and recycled for reuse, since only the non-exploitable fractions are being landfilled.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana

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