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Organic waste will go to the brown container, such as food scraps in general, skins and remains of fruits and vegetables, meat, fish and seafood, pasta and rice, egg shells, coffee and tea grounds, bread, small residues garden, as well as napkins or corks and toothpicks, among others The Mayor of Lorca, Diego José Mateos and the Deputy Mayor and Councilor for Public Companies, Francisco Morales, have presented, this morning, a pilot experience for the separate collection of bio-waste generated in homes and whose pilot test has been designed in underground containers from Avenida Juan Carlos I, where the highest population density in Lorca is concentrated. The Mayor of Lorca stressed that "Lorca is working, through the municipal cleaning company to adapt to all European regulations and continue to make this municipality a leading municipality in terms of recycling with various initiatives carried out in collaboration with various groups, as well as with care and respect for the environment ". Diego José Mateos recalled that "initially the separate collection of all bio-waste generated in homes was scheduled for the beginning of this year 2020, but due to the Covid-19 pandemic it had to be relegated to the last quarter of the year.
Now, the brown container reaches the streets of Lorca to value, recycle, biodegradable waste, bio-waste ". For his part, the deputy mayor and councilor for Public Companies, Francisco Morales, wanted to highlight "the outstanding work that is being carried out by the municipal company Limusa to advance the sustainability of Lorca through the management of urban waste in the municipality".
For this, Francisco Morales has reported that "the so-called fifth container is installed, which is added to the rest fraction, light containers, cardboard and glass, and whose identifying color is brown.
It is a disaggregated part of the gray container , which will continue to be the destination of non-recoverable matter.
Its importance is crucial, since it is estimated that approximately 40% of the household garbage bag is bio-waste ". "The mission of the brown container is the recycling of organic matter that gives compost as a result of the fermentation and maturation process of biodegradable waste and organic waste.
It is food waste in general, such as skins and remains of fruits and vegetables , remains of meat, fish and seafood, pasta and rice, egg shells, coffee and tea grounds, bread, small garden waste (litter, herbs, flowers and plants), as well as used napkins and kitchen paper (stained of food, not from household cleaning) or corks and toothpicks, "Morales said. The mayor of Public Companies has detailed that "the function of the gray container will continue to be to house the rest of the non-recyclable material, such as crystals and porcelain of the dishes, diapers and other minor items and waste that would go directly to landfill.
With the containers gray and brown complete the correct and complete separation at source of all the waste that we generate at home ". In this sense, Francisco Morales has reported that "the implementation will be carried out in three phases.
The first action will be the pilot experience, which will take place on Avenida Juan Carlos I with the identification of the containers, information campaigns and door-to-door awareness , the start-up of the collection service and the conditioning of facilities in the Waste management center for its treatment.
The next phase will be the expansion to the urban area, where in addition to the above, new containers will also be acquired and campaigns will be carried out.
information and awareness to schools and various groups in the city.
And thirdly, the service will be extended to the entire municipality ". At a regulatory level, Directive (EU) 2018/851 of the European Parliament and of the Council of May 30, 2018 amending Directive 2008/98 / EC on waste establishes that in order to meet the objectives and Moving towards a European circular economy with a high level of resource efficiency, Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the objectives set therein are achieved.
Both the second transitory provision of Law 22/2011, of July 28, on waste and contaminated soils (art.
5) of correspondence to Local Entities. Thus, autonomous communities and local entities must have implemented the separate collection of bio-waste before January 2024.
For municipalities with more than 5,000 inhabitants, before December 31, 2021.
Lorca has proposed a roadmap that would go through this Partial implementation of the urban area in October 2020, the gradual expansion to the rest of the city between 2021 and 2022; and during the following exercise, if not before, install the brown containers in districts. In this way, Lorca intends to comply with the calendar for the implementation of the fifth container and advance in the recycling objectives, from which we are currently very far in figures of kilos per inhabitant and year despite the fact that in light packaging 2020 averages a rise 20% compared to the previous year.
The Draft Law establishes more ambitious objectives of preparation for the reuse and recycling of municipal waste: in 2025, 55% of the municipal waste generated; in 2030, 60%, and in 2035, 65%.
And regulates the elimination of waste, which must be carried out safely, and in the case of landfilling, after the waste has been subjected to a previous treatment.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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