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With respect to the same period of 2018, the selective collection of light packaging has grown 54, 87%, while glass accumulates an increase of 50% and paper and cardboard has registered an accumulated rise in these two months of a point and half percent

The CEO of the Municipal Cleaning Company, Juan Francisco Martínez, has announced this morning the recycling data in our city referring to the months of January and February.

Juan Francisco Martínez has indicated that "this year 2019 if the progression of the first two months of the year is maintained, Lorca can get the 7 kilos of lightweight containers separated in the home by each citizen before the end of 2019. It should be noted that accumulates an average increase of 27.15% compared to the same period of 2018. "

The CEO has detailed that "both months have resulted in increases in the selective collection of lightweight containers from domestic separation, in the home, which improve the historical results at the beginning of the year." Lorca correctly deposited in January inside the container yellow 23.57% more than in the same month of 2018 and 31.30% in the month of February In absolute figures, in January it means 10,000 kilos more than in 2018 and the highest figure in its history (52,740 kilos ) since this service was introduced in 1999, and almost 12,000 kilos more in February, being equally new record (48,240 kilos) of the series that month.

Martinez added that "those hypothetical 7 kilos, to follow the current progression, would virtually duplicate the figures of plastic containers, cans and bricks deposited in the yellow containers installed on public roads during 2014. Since then, they have happened the awareness campaigns, especially implemented in schools, institutes and between neighborhood groups, to establish the habit of recycling among citizens ".

The Edil de Limusa stressed that "as for the other two selective majority, glass accumulates an increase of 50% in those same two months compared to 2018, to add 163,000 kilos, being especially February the best month of the 15 years that It has been implemented this selective collection It should be noted that the Scout collective of Lorca, one of the most active in the Region of Murcia, has promoted a special glass collection campaign between December and February, as for the dean of the selective, the paper and cardboard records an accumulated increase in these two months of a point and a half percentage point.This material, due to its long implementation, allows less statistical variations than the other two materials ".

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca