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be diverted from the undifferentiated waste bins in comparison with 2017, equivalent to an annual saving of around 1.1 million euros in municipal costs of collection and disposal in landfill or energy recovery. The strategy followed by Valorsul and the municipalities was to bring the number of recycling banks as close as possible to the number of undifferentiated waste bins. The results show that the option for collection using recycling banks is still a good solution and provides families with freedom of disposal, 24 hours a day, every day.
RESINORTE WITH MORE EQUIPMENT AND SERVICE
Resinorte significantly increased the amount of equipment and vehicles available to the population – between 2018 and 2019, it installed 9,465 new resources (recycling banks and specific
containers for commercial premises),
35 self-compactors and 18 new vehicles. This substantial reinforcement of means was strengthened with communication actions, and the results did not take
long to materialise – in October 2019,
the increase in selective collection, compared to the previous year, is already over 17%.
AMARSUL EXPANDS DOOR-TO-DOOR COLLECTIONS
In October, Amarsul began expanding the door to door selective collection project “Recycling Sweet Recycling”,
in the Municipality of Almada. The Municipalities of Seixal and Sesimbra are also part of the project’s 3rd phase, in which approximately 9,000 awareness actions will be carried out with the delivery of approximately 15,000 domestic 120-litre containers.
In total, around 25,000 households will be covered, with the delivery of around 49,000 120-litre containers. The growth in the amount of recyclables in the areas where the project was implemented already exceeds 55%.
DOOR-TO-DOOR IN SULDOURO ALREADY REACHES MORE THAN 21,150 HOMES
Door-to-door collection at Suldouro continues to expand rapidly – by October 2019 it had reached 21,157 homes and already represents 19.3% of the total selective collection in the municipalities of Vila Nova de Gaia and Santa Maria da Feira. This is a consistent investment that has enabled an accelerated increase in selective collection in an urban area that is full of potential.
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