| The RMBM focuses its selection of resources on this topic with readings, web links, films and craft tutorials | The Municipal Library Network of Murcia (RMBM) makes a complete guide focused on World Recycling Day available to Murcia this week, which was celebrated yesterday, May 17, with literary recommendations, web links to answer any questions about the topic, as well as a selection of films about the importance of this activity and tutorials for making crafts from home.“As we have been doing during the period of confinement, each week we focus our programming on one theme and, on this occasion, we wanted to do it with such a relevant topic as recycling.
Therefore, we offer our users resources of all kinds to work from home and with the family and thus contribute to the improvement of our planet ”, explains Mercedes Bernabé, councilor for Urban Agenda and Open Government and responsible for the area of ??Libraries in Murcia.A program focused on World Recycling DayThe RMBM offers for these days various resources and books on different topics to enjoy reading with the family and from home.
Thus, the program includes the following sections and resources:-What container does it go to ?: Solve your doubts at: 'Murcia City Council.
Selective collection ',' Ecopoints, ecopark and collection of bulky items in Murcia ',' Recycling ',' How to recycle well ', '80 doubts about the yellow container', 'Smart recycling assistant', 'Recycling in times of coronavirus' , 'Recycling and children'.-Give another use to what you no longer need.
Other options are: 'Murcia sustainable city', 'Ecoembes',' Murcia Clean Region Association ',' Where to donate what you no longer need ',' Cáritas', 'Emma Traperos Association', 'Project Abraham', 'Collection of furniture for people without resources', 'Association reused and recycled from the Southeast'.-The trash is also transformed into art.
The following readings are recommended to understand the different uses that can be given to garbage: 'Art and garbage: the most beautiful paradox', 'Basurama', 'When garbage becomes art', 'From Basurama to Vik Muniz , artists who turn garbage into art.
'-Reuse at home.
Some crafts with recycled materials are: 'Easy recycled craft ideas', '23 easy crafts with recycling for children ',' Eight ideas to recycle those old deals you have at home ', '10 everyday things that you can easily reuse at home' and 'Decorate with recycled things'.-Recommended books.
To learn more about recycling, the following readings are offered from eBiblio Murcia: 'Zero waste at home: a domestic guide to simplify our life', by Bea Johnson (2020), 'Living without plastics: tips, experiences and ideas to give you a I breathe the planet ', by Patricia Reina Toresano (2019), and' Small great gestures for the planet ', by Francisco Llorca (2016).From RMBM libraries: '100% recycling: fun crafts with recycled materials', by Monike Czarnecki, 'Captain Verdemán: superhero of recycling', by Ellie Bethetl, 'Know inside recycling and garbage', by Alex Frith, 'The great adventure of recycling: how to make new products with waste', by Jan McHarry, 'The book of the 3R', by Susana Martínez and Jordi Bigues, 'Crafts with toilet paper tubes', by Melanie Grimshaw-Smith, 'Photo frames made by you', by Sybille Rogaczewski-Nogai, 'Why should I recycle?', By Jen Green, 'Creative recycling', by Véronique Guillaume, 'Don't throw it away: the new kitchen for use', by Alexandre Fernandes, 'Reduce spending, recycle in the kitchen, reuse what you have left over', by Pepa Chacón and Elísabet G.
de Chávarri.-Recycling in the cinema.
Some recommended films and readings on the subject are: 'Buy, throw away, buy: planned obsolescence', '10 films and documentaries on recycling, consumption and the environment 'and' Recycling in the cinema: 4 films without waste '.The importance of recycling in the sphere of the circular economyThe City Council, through the Department of Urban Agenda and Open Government, directed by Mercedes Bernabé, works on the elaboration of the Circular Economy Strategy of the municipality, framed in the Murcia 2030 Strategy and in the implementation of the Urban Agenda 2030."On the occasion of the commemoration of World Recycling Day, it is worth remembering the importance of this process in the sphere of the circular economy to contribute to the improvement of the environment and, therefore, of the quality of life of citizens", highlights the mayor. The elaboration of this strategy is being developed through a participatory process.
Three sectoral working groups have already been held and the citizen consultation is currently open until May 31, both for the general population and the City Social Council.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia