Benidorm recycles more than 2 million kilos of glass
Friday, November 30th, 2007
The city of Benidorm continues to strongly support sustainable tourism, prove of this comes in the form of recycling. From January to September of 2007 a total of 2,130,610 kilos of glass have been recycled, 270,280 more kilos than the same time last year,This means that each Benidorm citizen has received a medium of 31.5 kilos of glass this year.
More than 84 hotel owners form part of the glass recycling campaign directed towards the hotel, restoration and catering sectors (HORECA) that are developed in the city.
The citizens of Benidorm have recycled a medium of 33.2 kilos in 2006 to close to 38 kilos of glass residuals in 2007, almost five kilos more.
The municipality of Benidorm disposes of a total of 342 green containers destined to glass, which is a container for every 197 inhabitants.