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The plant expansion Gorguel, with the construction of a new building, and the development of a project for higher performance, are the two performances with both governments aim to improve recycling and waste treatment in the town
The mayor of Cartagena, Pilar Barreiro, and the Minister of Agriculture and Environment, Antonio Cerdá, presented the actions being carried out from both administrations to improve the treatment and recycling of waste in the town.
These two investments totaling about 6 million and, as highlighted in his speech the mayor, are part of these investments running administrations that have no effect on the citizen directly but whose performance is critical Cartagena to be more sustainable and friendly city environment.
The conduct of the proceedings will be conducted in two phases. First, virtually completed with an investment of 1.6 million euros, has been to build a ship to improve the process of maturation and fermentation of waste organic or compost.
This ship is in the waste treatment plant and allow Gorguel substantially improve the treatment system and classification of waste, increasing its use and reuse.
Now in a second phase, has developed a project to streamline the operation of the treatment plant by installing new modules and using the latest technology.
In this action are to invest around 4,200,000 euros.
Since the city garbage deposited in the container treatment process for which has been refined in two lines, on one hand, reduce their impact on the environment and on the other hand, processing and avoid getting your disposal opens .
In this town all trash is recycled, there is zero discharge, and these initiatives would not be possible without the commitment and collaboration of the Autonomous Community, we try to further improve the process, said Barreiro, who has also given data productivity Gorguel treatment plant.
For example, the year 2012 to 2013, in materials such as aluminum, its use has increased by 76%, paper and cardboard 84% or in the case of plastics 15%.
With the planned investment is to be able to multiply for 7 recovery of materials.
PLANT S DOUBLE YOUR biogas production "N
In addition, taking advantage of today onmemoración c World Environment Day, the mayor has provided some data on the operation of the biogas plant to be built in Gorguel two years ago, designed to transform electrical energy into methane gas accumulates in the basement of Regent Mine landfill which is closed.
This biogas plant has doubled the production of electricity from their operation.
During 2012 I was 6.
072 megawatts, which represents the power consumption of 1,600 homes for a year, and in 2013 its production was of 12,384 megawatts, or the equivalent year consumption of 3,810 households. To this we must add that it has been avoided the emission of 80,000 tonnes of CO2.
The mayor ended his speech by appealing to consumers and producers of packaging and packaging waste, to collaborate with the administration to give solution to the major problem posed by plastic waste currently great scourge of the century, so that the volume is reduced difficult or expensive to reduce product.
Antonio Cerdá, meanwhile, drew up the concept of blue economy, turning waste to give them a life, using the latest technology and incorporate it for more efficient separation of waste at the expense of your deposit in landfills .
Performances such as those present today, he claimed the counselor, will affect the future favorably garbage rate payable by the citizen.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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