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| The recycling of packaging in the first months of this year has increased compared to 2019 by 20%; that of paper and cardboard 7.23% and glass 7.44% | Murcia celebrates World Recycling Day with a drawing contest for the little ones that aims to foster creativity and sensitivity around issues related to the environment, sustainability, waste and recycling.The deadline to participate ends tomorrow and so far about 300 drawings have been submitted.Thus, the City Council, through the Department of Sustainable Mobility and Youth, promotes this event, in collaboration with the newspaper La Verdad de Murcia, inviting all boys and girls, from 1st of Early Childhood to 6th of Primary Education of the school centers in the municipality of Murcia, to capture in a drawing their ideas about caring for the planet through proper waste management and recycling, valuing the originality, capacity for expression and the completion of the work.For participation in it, three categories are established: the first, from 1 to 3 of Early Childhood Education; the second, from 1st to 3rd of Primary Education and the third category of 4th to 6th of Primary.The winner of each category will receive a bicycle.The Councilor for Sustainable Mobility and Youth, Rebeca Pérez, has invited all schoolchildren to participate in this contest since "they are a fundamental part in the correct management of waste since many have already assumed the importance of recycling and are the they pass it on to the rest of the family unit.

"Selective collection data in the municipality of MurciaThe Murcia City Council, from the Department of Sustainable Mobility and Youth, together with Ferrovial Services, celebrates as every year the World Recycling Day that is commemorated on May 17.From 2000 to 2019, the figures on selective collection in the municipality of Murcia have experienced an increase of 446.49%, going from 4,192,934 kilos of glass, packaging and paper in 2000, to 22,914 .069 kilos of this past 2019.As the data dictates, from the start in this collection model, the figures have been on the rise.

A closer example: in 2018, this total of glass, packaging and paper, was 20,537,550 kilos, which compared to those mentioned in 2019, represents an increase of 11%.This year, the figures continue to rise.If from January 1 to April 30 in 2019, 7,283,710 kilos were collected, in the same time period of this 2020, the sum of the total waste deposited in the yellow, blue and green glass container, marks 7,910 .319 kilos, more than a 10% rise. "The data makes this clear.

The citizens of Murcia are committed to recycling, as a habit acquired in their daily routines, in their way of depositing their waste.

And this increase is clear, not only in the period of confinement marked by Covid 19, but the months of January and February already show a considerable increase, Pérez pointed out.Yellow container: Intended for light packaging, that is, plastic, metal and brick containers, received in 2019, 6,926,520 kilograms.

In 2000, almost with the start of selective collection, 18,980 kilos of this type of waste were then deposited.

In 2018, 6,244,860 k was reached, which represents a rise in 2019 of almost 11%, placing the municipality of Murcia well above the contribution per inhabitant of the Region and standing very close to the National Average.

The contribution of kg container per inhabitant in Murcia stands at 15.5 k / inhab.

being the regional average of 11.8 kg / inhab and the national average of 15.7 kg / inhab., according to data from Ecoembes 2018.From January 1 to April 30 of last 2019, the amount collected in this container was 2,204,680.

In the same period of this year 2020: 2,654,200 kilos, a 20.39% increase.And it is in this current year, where it is worth highlighting certain data: the months of January and February will mark the rising note, which will continue later, in the period of confinement in homes.In January 2019, the collection figure is 555,520 kilos, while in the same month of 2020 this figure marks 665,540 kilos (19.80%)Equally, and also significantly, the increase in the month of February: in 2019, 490,860 k and this year, 600,380 kilos (22.31%)In March, the figure increases more, due to the health crisis situation, which started just in the middle of the month, reaching an increase of 34.22%: 535,160 kilos in 2019, to 718,300 kilos this year.April also reflects this increase in alertness, because 669,980 kilos were deposited in the yellow container.

In 2019, they were 623,149 kilos, an increase of 7.52%, although it should be noted that in the last year in that month Easter and Spring Festival took place, a fact that marks an increase in this deposit.Blue container: In the blue container, made of paper and cardboard, in these 19 years it has gone from 2,075,061 kilos in 2000 to 8,410,580 in 2019.

In 2018, this amount reached 7,586,450 kilos.Analyzing the data of paper and cardboard of the past 2019 with the months of this year in progress, there is also an increase in the first two months of 2020.

In March and April, the cessation of activity of shops and establishments stopped the deposit of this Material due to the closure of the commercial activity of these large producers of paper and cardboard: In January 2019, the data for the collection of paper and cardboard indicates 709,880 kilos; in 2020, 813,699 kilos, an increase of 14.62%.

February 2020, 689,986 kilos, and in the month of February 2019, 572,560 kilos, an increase of 20.51%.The beginning of the state of alarm, changes the trend due to the indicated closure of most businesses: March 2019, 633,680 kilos and the same month at 20 658,494 kilos (3.92%).

Last April, 525,390 kilos, and in 2019, also coinciding with Fiestas in the municipality, 633,680 kilos.

(-22.21%)Green container: In 2000, the deposit of these containers totaled 1,898,893 kilos.

Last 2019, 7,576,969 kilos.

If in 2018 there were 6,706,240 kilograms, the increase between these contiguous years is almost 13%.

According to data published by Ecovidrio, during 2019 Murcia capital with this increase is among the top ten Spanish province capitals that increased their selective collection figures the mostAnd the behavior in this year 2020 of this deposit, has characteristics similar to that of paper and cardboard.

The quantity collected by the closure of the hospitality industry, the main producers of glass packaging waste, is very marked.In January 2020 they were 710,530 kilos, while in January 2019 672,810.

As can be seen, the current year began with a good increase in the collection data of 5.61%, which is more pronounced in February: 606,860 kilos in 2020, and 505,590 kilos in 2019, a rise this year of 20, 03%With the beginning of the measures of the state of alarm, the trend is different: comparing data from the month of March of both years, in 2019, 624,440 kilos, and in 2020, 643,780 kilos (3.10%).

An increase in the deposit is appreciated, considering that the alarm by the Covid19 started just in the middle of this month.El mes de abril, recordando que el pasado año la ciudad se encontraba en temporada de Semana Santa y Fiestas de  Primavera, se retiraron  684.700 kilos de envases de vidrio.

Y este mes de abril, en plena crisis sanitaria, fueron 607.380 (-11,29%)Contenedor Marrón: En el caso del contenedor de residuos organicos puesto en marcha en Febrero de este año en el Barrio de la Flota y Mercados de Abastos como prueba piloto, la evolución también es positiva, si bien se comenzó recogiendo 300 kg diarios de este material al cabo de un mes se incrementó hasta 700 kgr/dia.Esta prueba piloto se enmarca en el proyecto europeo ValueWaste por el que Murcia ha sido elegida, junto con la ciudad danesa de Kalundborg, para implantarlo de forma pionera.

El objetivo es convertir los residuos orgánicos urbanos en recursos económicos estratégicos.

"Propone un enfoque integrado en el reciclaje de biorresiduos urbanos para la producción de productos biológicos de alto valor, desarrollando la primera solución completa para valorizar plenamente los biorresiduos que pueden reproducirse en toda Europa", recordó Rebeca Pérez.La campaña informativa de este proyecto a través de Biopatrullas se tuvo que interrumpir debido al estado de alarma, lo que ha provocado un ligero descenso en las cantidades recogidas en las últimas semanas.

Una vez llegados a la Fase 1 se irán retomando las visitas informativas comenzando por grandes generadores como son plazas de abastos y restaurantes.De todo lo expuesto "sacamos claras conclusiones", señala Rebeca Pérez, ya que "el año 2020 comenzó con un fuerte impulso hacia una correcta separación de los residuos producidos.

El confinamiento marcó una línea diferente, ciertamente, por el cese de actividad en el municipio.

Pero está claro que debo felicitar a las familias murcianas, ya que, antes y durante en esta situación vivida, no han olvidado, si no que muy al contrario, han mejorado en la separación y depósito de los distintos residuos producidos en los hogares".Los envases han subido de enero a 30 de abril, respecto al año anterior un 20%, el papel y cartón depositado por la ciudadanía en el contendor azul un 7,23% y el vidrio  un 7,44%.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia