Portal de Lorca

www.portaldelorca.com

Lorca - SpanishLorca - English
detail of Lorca

 

Limusa installs in Alameda de Cervantes a waste contribution area adapted to people with visual impairment and reduced mobility (16/01/2019)

It consists of one container for organic remains and another three to house glass, paper and light packaging.

The new containers have a loading mouth at a lower height than the standard one and are identified in Braille (cecography) by means of a metal plate

The CEO of Limusa, Juan Francisco Martínez, and the Councilor for Family and Social Welfare of the Municipality of Lorca, Fátima Mínguez, presented this morning a new pilot experience launched by Limusa with the aim of satisfying a demand of people affected by certain physical disabilities, represented in our municipality by Asdifilor (Association of physically disabled people of Lorca), regarding recycling and general waste disposal.

Juan Francisco Martínez pointed out that "in particular, it is about the installation of a waste supply area adapted for people with disabilities, which has been installed in the remodeled Alameda de Cervantes and consists of a container for organic waste, as well as as with three others to house glass, paper and light packaging The main characteristic of these new containers is to have a loading mouth at a lower height than the standard one.In addition, each unit is identified in Braille (cecography) for blind people through a metal plate ".

The CEO of Limusa stressed that "the goal of this initiative that we put in place from the City is no other than further progress in the accessibility of our city and contribute to raising awareness among Lorca for social inclusion and awareness towards people with We strongly believe in the full and equal participation of these people in all municipal areas, that's why we carry out actions like this that help people with disabilities in their daily tasks, as depositing garbage or recycling is about act everyday for most Lorca but sometimes a handicap for this group ".

Martinez has detailed that "as main characteristics of these containers we can highlight that the loading mouth is just over one meter (1.07 meters) high, compared to 1.40 meters of the container not adapted to its characteristics. In selective collection, the rectangular igloo series ISR 25 Accesible of 2.5 cubic meters of capacity has been chosen, as for the RSU container, it is a unit of 3.2 cubic meters for emptying system on the side of the truck with damped drive pedal whose standard height of deposit is 1,18 meters, having adapted to a lower height to facilitate access ".

El Edil added that "in general, its design features are aimed at facilitating the visual location of the areas of use, as well as the perception of the information essential for a correct use." Environmentally, its production uses recyclable materials that do not harm the environment and the pigments used do not contain heavy materials. "

The containers of the selective fractions are designed and manufactured according to the criteria of accessible product defined by Fundosa Accessibility, of the ONCE Group, based on deam bulation, apprehension, location and communication requirements (DALCO) as well as on the basis of the UNE Standard. EN 170001-1 global accessibility.

The deposits also have a pictogram based on the language of communication to the ternativa SPC (Pictographic Communication System) is responsible for completing this information.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca

Notice
UNE-EN ISO 9001:2000 - ER-0131/2006 Región de Murcia
© 2024 Alamo Networks S.L. - C/Alamo 8, 30850 Totana (Murcia) Privacy policy - Legal notice - Cookies
Este sitio web utiliza cookies para facilitar y mejorar la navegación. Si continúas navegando, consideramos que aceptas su uso. Más información