Spanish cities and municipalities where FCC Medio Ambiente carries out operations awarded for cleanliness
The cities of Oviedo, Vigo, San Sebastian, the Provincial Authority of Granada and the municipalities of Laredo (Cantabria), Llanera and Colunga (Asturias) and Almuñécar (Granada), all where FCC Medio Ambiente operates, have been recognised by the Technical Association for Waste Management and the Environment (ATEGRUS) in the Escobas de Plata, Oro y Platino 2016 Awards, which honoured the most outstanding towns and cities in waste management and urban cleaning.
This initiative, which was first brought about in 1987 to celebrate the European Year of the Environment, to this day has awarded more than 600 prizes. This time around, there has been a wide range of participation from Mexican municipalities that demonstrate the close relationship between ATEGRUS and these countries by having held various Latin American Congresses since 1984 and the Industrial Cooperation Program between Europe and Latin America, ALINVEST, since 2000.
The competition is aimed at municipalities, provincial authorities, councils, communities, autonomous regions, business providing services, engineering companies, environmental consultancies, manufacturers of capital goods and installations to manage urban waste and cleaning, universities, etc.
The competition is held in a bid to assess and merit actions and works carried out to improve or protect waste management, and the general urban cleanliness of our cities and industries. It awards efforts and activities in the hope of boosting technological advancements to raise further awareness in order to continue improving our quality of life and the sustainability of our cities and industries.
Cities and municipalities where FCC Medio Ambiente operates awarded with Escobas de Platino [Platinum Broom Awards]: City Council of San Sebastian: For the substantial provision of electric vehicles to clean the city, which in turn reduced annual CO2 emissions by 140 tonnes.
City Council of Oviedo: For continuously improving its service quality, enhancing the mechanisation of works using cutting edge, soundproof and high performance technology that is fully tailored to the structure of the city.
City Council of Vigo: For removing glass collection containers from the old quarter, providing catering establishments with small capacity containers that are collected by a special vehicle at a set time, enabling glass recycling in the sector.
Town Council of Laredo (Cantabria): For the pavement descaling service. Using proper machinery they managed to descale the surface without damaging the pavement and reach an optimal level of cleanliness, avoiding leaving any stains.
Municipal Council of Llanera (Asturias): For the special collection service (prior notification) of plastic deriving from livestock. This program managed to raise awareness among the livestock sector when it comes to separating waste at the source, increasing the recycling ratios in the municipality.
Municipal Council of Colunga (Asturias) For implementing a cleaning service of unregistered rubbish dumps in the municipality, allocating the material and human resources necessary for their removal. Councils and municipalities where FCC Medio Ambiente operates awarded with Escobas de Oro [Golden Broom Awards]: Provincial Council of Granada: For Ecocentral Granada, a facility installed for the purpose of treating waste coming from collective domestic pick-up. Modernising and automating the facilities has significantly increased the ratios of the recovery of recyclable materials contained in municipal waste.
Municipal Council of Almuñécar (Granada): For implementing the HORECA system, with the door-to-door collection of waste from hotel establishments that cannot access recycling banks, removing them in a personalised manner and in coordination with their opening hours to ensure greater efficiency.