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The City of Caravaca de la Cruz and Ecoembes, the organization that cares for the environment through recycling and eco-design of household packaging in Spain, have launched a new awareness campaign aimed at communicating to the public the importance have their collaboration in packaging recycling and environmental care.

"This campaign, which starts tomorrow and runs until April 30, was implemented with the intention to show the neighbors that their role is key in recycling containers and building a sustainable future," announced the mayor of the Environment, Maria Antonia Alvarez, who pointed out that this action is funded entirely by Ecoembes with the amount of 30,000 euros.

"The City Council will enable new points scattered around the city to improve the separate collection at source, while you are performing a reorganization of the areas in the town and the districts containers. For example, new zones will be enabled in the neighborhood of Extremadura with the intention of reducing the amount of waste deposited incorrectly in the recycling containers, "reported the mayor in charge of the area of ​​Urban Development, Salvador Gómez.

For this purpose, will be launched other actions such as distribution of information material in homes, advertising media, a school competition on how to recycle at home and awareness activities in homes, among others.

Currently, caravaqueños have available 200 containers in which to place the containers for recycling.

Of these, 146 are yellow (for plastic, metal and vigor) and 54 blue (cartons and paper).

"Commit recycling is also committed to nature, but as important is to recycle as knowing it well. Therefore, initiatives emerge as presented today in Caravaca de la Cruz, so that their citizens know how to separate waste properly they generate. A simple gesture that helps tremendously in caring for the environment. ", said the head of Marketing of Ecoembes in Murcia, Silvia Rodríguez-Miranda.

Container recycling involves multiple environmental benefits, such as avoiding the emission of CO2 into the atmosphere, save water, energy and raw materials.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz