Lorca City Council has won the award "Green Flag" City Manager "that gives this its eleventh edition, Consumer Federation of Independent Members (FUCI) with Biodiversity Foundation.
The ceremony to be held tomorrow in Madrid, and will be chaired by the Minister of Environment, Rural and Marine Affairs, Elena Espinosa, attended by the Councillor for Water, Environment and Livestock, Melchor Morales, the head of the corporation the area of Agriculture, Rural Development, Works and Services, Angel Ramon Mecca, and the manager of the municipal Limusa, Santos González.
The first Green Flag accreditation received by the municipality in terms of sustainability was in 1999.
Melchor Morales has stressed that "the City has focused its announcement in the form of 'waste, cleaning and gardening' by whose actions have been recognized.
The strengths that have allowed the jury of nationally-Lorca selecting the winners are mainly invested by the company Clean City of Lorca in the renewal of its fleet for the collection of waste (collection truck crane selective compactors RSU) and street cleaning (sweepers and scrubbers), and street furniture (bins and sanecanes). "
"It has also considered the" technical control systems in the management of waste disposal in the Waste Management Centre, successive solidarity campaigns 'Book Project', the improvement in the provision of containers for garbage collection and domestic and awareness campaigns among the public, such as the celebration of the First Regional Environmental Fair or volunteer days as part of 'Clean Up the World "added the mayor.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca