Waste Recycling Plant in Zaragoza

                              

 

 

Zaragoza is the European Green Capital of 2016

 

The city is following plans for managing urban waste in order to reach an important reduction of waste in dumps and turn recycling and its energy valuing into the central axis of its management policy.

 

A Waste Treatment Complex was opened in 2009 , this plant  collects city waste and the delivers a campaign of  public awareness on recycling,

Since it opened there has been an increase from 7% of waste recycled at home in 2002 to a 21%. The number of clean point users has also increased by 64% compared to 2010.

The management in Spain of dangerous and industrial waste depends on the regional governments.

It is forbidden by the Government of Aragon to burn urban waste which has conditioned the municipal system.

 

So Zaragoza has followed a policy  for biomethaning and for the incineration of the rejection-fraction for the exploitation of energy potential.

Zaragoza complies with these national and regional plans: National Waste Integrated Plan 2008-2015 Integral Waste Management Plan of Aragon 2009-2015 The revision of Aragon Plan (2014-2019) incorporates the system that Zaragoza has already set up to reach the goals established by the Directive 2008/98/CE.

 Zaragoza strategy for home waste prevention focuses on: Make people aware and foster habits for the reduction, recycle and reuse of waste Selective recycling at home and specialised collection in fix and mobile centres Energy recovery and waste composting Minimise the delivery of waste dumping.

 Home waste by person and year: 2012 375.7 kg/person/year 2013 356.7 kg/person/ye

 

Here is a video made by the Spanish Students

 

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