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The Department of Public Works and the concessionaire Ferrovial Servicios have prepared a great event to be held for the first time in the municipality, to mark the World Day Recycling and encourage youth and families to reduce, reuse and recycle in their homes.
On Saturday 14 May, from 10 to 22 hours, the University Square will host R3 Market, a big party recycling where attendees can enjoy a flea market vintage fashion and design, workshops for children , adults and pets games, live music, gastronetas and urban art.
Thus, the market will offer a selection of products such as clothing, bags and accessories, companies committed to sustainable fashion as they are, among others, Tejemaneje (Creation of decorative objects from recycled materials), Qustomizarte (Customisation of clothing and illustration), Pample Mouse (Vintage clothing), Yere Jeekk (African clothing), Naza Naza (Accessories), Pier Del Norte Accessories, Pamukkale World (handmade clothing), Lofs shoes Sneaker (limited edition shoes) Puig Isabel) Wallets recycled paper), Natural Life (Fashion woman), tuck (linen organic cotton), Nomuito (Accessories handmade), Broken and disjointed (decoration crochet) and Solo M (Pajaritas author ).
Throughout the day, five gastronetas or food trucks will offer tapas, national and international food quality and detox juices, made with organic and proximity products.
In addition children, families and young people can participate in various recreational, participatory and educational workshops as a gymkhana recycling, parachute games colors (with container identification and its use through games played with a giant colorful fabric) game hidden (pickup by equipment waste hidden, separation materials and passing examinations), reciclator contest (simulated television game show where participants team must answer the questions of the presenters) Workshop with masks recycled, Installation of masks waste cardboard and recycled manufacturing workshop instruments.
For its part, the Office will hold a workshop Graffiti graffiti on plastic and cardboard boxes.
For pets a show of dog handler and dog training workshop will be held.
And a circuit for display of animal training in collaboration with the Canine Deanacaona School will be created and there will be two dog shows: on the one hand, the issue agility will work and on the other, will show how dogs are used in therapies to people They are suffering some kind of dysfunctionality.
Also open to Murcia participate with their pets circuit is enabled.
The day will close with a performance of live music Neonymus, will give a workshop on recycled instruments and didactic concert explaining the sound of their instruments.
In addition, throughout the day, the Street musicians group, sax, clarinet, flute melodic guitar and Spanish, will be integrated into the market to ambientarlo with smooth jazz and music of Yann Tiersen.
Councillor for Public Works, Roque Ortiz, explained that "Murcia has always believed in recycling and was one of the first cities to go for this service even before it mandatory."
"The Murcia have always proved to be very concerned for recycling because, year after year, have increased the amounts collected," he pointed Ortiz.
According to the councilman, "the City Council has signed agreements with national associations involved with recycling such as Ecoembes and Ecovidrio order to promote awareness campaigns and new forms of collection to facilitate the deposit of waste".
"We understand that youth is a priority group because it is the population sector of the future and we have to direct much of awareness, and so we have organized this party. Recycling and respect for the environment is an intergenerational issue "Ortiz stated.
Treatment center Cañada Hermosa has the latest technologies to enable a model recovery in Europe.
Closes the cycle from the separation in homes until the end recycling.
The councilman said that "there is a rule of the European Union to be met in 2020 and the City Council are prepared to carry that adapting our services and our facilities, but to achieve this, we need the efforts and collaboration of Murcia."
Thus, from 2000 to 2015 they have increased recycling figures by 295% from the 4,192,934 kilos of glass, cans and paper in 2000, to 16,568,152 kilos last year.
Meanwhile the council has increased significantly, by 52%, the number of containers selectively moving from 2,407 in 2005 to 3,669 in 2015. So, Murcia exceeds the average per capita container with a container for packaging every 393 murcianos (when the average in Spain is one per 443) and a paper container per 384 inhabitants (when the average in Spain is one for every 453).
Curiosities about recycling
Garbage is composed of 45% organic matter, 22% of paper and cardboard, 10% plastic, glass 7%, 4% metal, brick 2% and 10% other waste.
With the recycling of 2 tons of used plastic saves a ton of crude oil, large quantities of water and also get to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and waste generated in the process.
By recycling a plastic bottle saves the energy needed to maintain a light bulb for 6 hours
With 5 2-liter bottles PET plastic type can produce fiberfill for a warm jacket.
For every ton of Briks which is transformed into chipboard called Tectan saves 1,500 kg of wood, 100,000 liters of water and 221 kg of gasoil
Recycling 70% of metal packaging to avoid CO2 emissions equivalent to 3.9 million tonnes in one year and saves water close to half of normal consumption
By recycling the aluminum is now 95% of the energy needed to produce the same aluminum from bauxite ore
Recycling one ton of newspaper saves up to 4,000 Kwh of electricity, enough to supply a 3 bedroom house for an entire year.
7,000 recycle newspapers or one ton of paper equivalent to 13 medium-sized trees
Each kilogram of recycled glass container of one kilogram of new packaging is obtained.
A ton of used packaging glass saves 130 liters of fuel type fuel.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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