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| Starting Monday, May 18, the service of collecting special household waste in neighborhoods and councils resumes | Starting Monday morning, May 18, the service of the three mobile clean points dedicated to the collection of special domestic waste in neighborhoods and councils, whose activity was suspended last March with the declaration of the state of alarm, following the recommendations of the environmental and health authorities.The councilor for the Infrastructure Area, María Casajús, said that "the activity of mobile clean points is resumed to serve neighborhoods and councils in the collection of waste" and recalled that last week the two were also launched Ecoparks of La Vaguada and La Asomada ”.As with the ecoparks, the councilor explained that "a specific protocol has been established for the delivery of waste at mobile clean points for the protection of employees and users, guaranteeing at all times the maintenance of the safety distance between employees and users and avoiding the physical contact of the latter with the containers and the elements that make up the truck body ”.Thus, in each of the stops of the clean point, a waiting area will be designated to guarantee the safety distance between users in the event that they coincide at the time of delivery; An area will be set up for users to deposit the waste, from where it will be collected by the driver to deposit it in the corresponding containers and truck compartments; signs will be established on the ground to guarantee the maintenance of the safety distance between the driver and the users; in addition to that the drivers will be provided with the necessary EPIS (masks, glasses, gloves, etc.The three routes that the mobile clean points will carry out next Monday are the following:Route 1: Santa Ana Town (Church Square), 8.30 to 11.00 am; Miranda (Ctra.

General, next to Bar Antonio), from 11:30 to 14:00.Route 2: Los Puertos (Ctra.

General, next to the bar), 8.30 to 11.00; Tallante (Ctra.

General, La Venta), 11:30 to 14:00.Route 3: Galifa (Next to Estanco Felipe-Isabelita), 8.30 to 11.00 am; Loma de Canteras (Plaza next to AAVV), 11:30 to 14:00Mobile clean points are trucks equipped with a box divided into several compartments for the separate collection of special household waste, such as used vegetable and mineral oils; clothing, shoes and toys; small appliances; fluorescent tubes; electric cables; glass and glass containers; plastics; paper and paperboard; bulky waste (furniture, mattresses, etc.); cells and batteries; paints and solvents; and other hazardous waste.FIRST WEEK IN THE ECOPARKSCouncilor María Casajús has reported that “the two ecoparks have been gradually recovering their activity since last May 11, when they reopened their doors.

In one week, 72 users have been treated and 12,890 kilos of waste collected, ”specifically:Mineral oil: 105 kgs.Batteries: 100 Kgs.Batteries: 35 kgs.Paper and cardboard: 320 KgsMetal waste and scrap metal: 275 kgsWEEE (electrical appliances and devices): 915 kgs.Contaminated packaging: 60 kgs.Mixed containers: 125 kgs.Construction and demolition waste (rubble): 5,510 kgs.Clothes, shoes and toys: 295 kgs.Wood: 3,490 kgs.Remains of paints and solvents: 55 kgs.Plastics: 1,195 kgs.Pruning: 250 kgs.Glass: 5 Kgs.Bulky waste (furniture, etc.): 140 kgs.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena