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The eco-makers of the Recycling campaign of the City Council of Cartagena and Ecoembes, began today to distribute rigid yellow bags to facilitate the citizens the task of separating their containers of plastic, metal and brick.

Throughout this morning they have been distributed in the neighborhood of José Mª de la Puerta and Beris and Paz streets of Aquisgram, where they have also given information to facilitate and make more efficient the work of recycling at home by the people of Cartagena.

In addition the situation of the clean point of the zone, located in the Montevideo Street has been revised.

The team of ecoinformadores plans to visit more than 3,000 homes in the municipality, from now until February 28, informed the citizen and raising awareness about the importance of correctly separating the containers at source, for their subsequent selective collection and recycling, impacting on The importance and simplicity of the process and clearly identifying the types of waste that must be deposited in each container.

At each visit, a yellow bag will be presented with the slogan 'Yo sí recyclo', and the instructions for a correct recycling of containers to facilitate their work.

This action, inscribed in the campaign 'Why do not you recycle?', Aims to respond to one of the usual reasons why citizens justify not recycling, which is the lack of space or a cube with the That separate waste at home.

CARTAGENA ABOVE THE AVERAGE OF CONTAINERS BY NUMBER OF INHABITANTS

In spite of the effort deployed in the municipality regarding the installation of containers, with levels above the national average, the results are below it.

Specifically it recycles between 20 and 25 percent less than the average of Spain.

In Cartagena there are 1,367 yellow containers, one container per 158 inhabitants, while Ecoembes requires a minimum of 1 container per 480 inhabitants in a semi-urban zone and 1 container per 330 inhabitants in a rural area.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena