Pedreguer manages to reduce the production of domestic waste in one year

Pedreguer City Council has made a balance on the first year of the new urban waste collection service, in which door-to-door collection stands out. The most remarkable thing has been that the citizens of the municipality have managed to reduce the generation of domestic waste by 19,2%, specifically that of the remains. Thus, in 2020 the collection of remains accounted for 89,1%, while in 2021 it was 69,9%.

Contribution points for urban waste in Pedreguer

Pepe Cabrera, Councilor for Municipal Services, considers that the data collected is optimistic, since Separate collection of all domestic waste has been increasedyes Above all, the separation of waste in the service of large producers and in the door-to-door service stands out. Cabrera compares it with the service at the waste collection points and points out that at those points many times the waste is not separated as it should.

In this way, the results obtained bring Pedreguer closer to achieving the objective of progressively reducing the percentage of garbage from remains. This is the most difficult to manage both logistically and economically. In addition, as the councilor explains, Those municipalities that fail to reduce these RSU percentages will be sanctioned, according to the regulations of the European Union and the Autonomous Government.

Finally, Cabrera thanked all the citizens of Pedreguer who have contributed to reducing the number of waste and encourages them to continue using the door-to-door collection system. In addition, the councilor specifies that the contribution points are only used in emergency situations.

In the same way, those who use the drop-off points on a regular basis are invited to properly separate the various types of garbage and, consequently, throw them into the corresponding container for each type. In this sense, it has placed special emphasis on the fraction of organic waste, which is the majority in any home.