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Each neighbor of Cartagena separated to recycle 15.2 kg of packaging waste in the yellow container during 2020, compared to 14 kg in 2019.

This represents 8.5% more waste that can be used as secondary raw materials . The increase in cardboard waste deposited in blue containers during 2020 compared to 2019 has been 3.2% to which must be added the 448 tons of paper and cardboard waste recovered through the door-to-door system.

door that offers the City Council to collect this waste from the shops. The Councilor for Infrastructure María Casajús highlighted that “the data show us that, during 2020, each Cartagena has collaborated with the recycling of 15.2 kg of brick waste, cans and plastic packaging and 16.2 kg of paper waste cardboard, which represents an increase of more than 8.5% in the recycling of plastic waste and 3.2% of paper and cardboard ”. The use of the materials from which the waste is made, thanks to its deposit in recycling bins, contributes directly to saving raw materials, reducing water and energy consumption and favors the creation of new jobs based on in the circular economy. To continue recycling more and better it is important to properly separate waste.

Sometimes, for example, we think that a plastic beach bucket goes to the yellow container, but the truth is that the yellow container is an exclusive container for brick, metal and plastic containers and, in this case, that broken bucket should deposited in the waste container. "From the Cartagena City Council we are working together with Ecoembes in the development of projects aimed at raising public awareness in the removal of waste in our natural environment," concluded Casajús. To answer any questions about recycling, Ecoembes makes AIR-e available to citizens, free of charge, a recycling bot available on the app, Twitter and Facebook, from which all questions related to the separation of waste can be consulted.

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Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena