The Councilor for Public Companies of the City of Lorca, Francisco Morales, has reported the participation of the municipality of Lorca, until November 24, in the campaign of Ecovidrio and the regional government to encourage the selective collection of glass through sport in collaboration of the Basketball Federation of the Region of Murcia.
From this Monday the dissemination campaign begins and in the week of November 11 to 17, the bidding process is completed with the filling of containers located in the main squares of the city.
Morales explained that "the objective of this initiative is to increase the amounts of glass containers that are collected in the igloos, raising awareness of the importance of recycling, while promoting the practice of basketball and the values ​​that this sport has associated as They are companionship and collaboration, teamwork.
The mayor has reported that "the prize for the best municipality, among the 12 most populated participants in the Region of Murcia, is the reform with recycled glass material of a sports court, which in the case of Lorca would be that of the College of Education Pilar Soubrier Special ".
Morales González has detailed that "Ecovidrio and the Autonomous Community have devised a campaign that will consist of the distribution of five original igloos in the form of a basketball on a rotating basis in the most central areas of three municipalities each week. And, at the end of the campaign , that municipality that has collected more glass containers in these particular igloos and has spread the campaign better, will be rewarded with the reform of one of its municipal tracks with recycled glass material, the first of these characteristics that will be in the Region. "
Francisco Morales stressed that "as the final touch of the campaign, and once the works on the winning track are finished, in December the presentation of the award-winning municipality will be held, as well as the renovated track with recycled glass containers ".
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca