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The CCIB reinforces his commitment with the sustainability with the recycling of moqueta ferial

02/03/2012

2 March 2012

The Centre of International Conventions of Barcelona (CCIB) consolidates his bet by the sustainability and environingingmental respect with the incorporation of a system of collected of moqueta ferial. It treats of one of the first centres congresuales in Europe in incorporating the recycling of a fundamental element in the organisation of congresses and fairs that later can recycle in destined fuel to the industry cementera.

Once finalised the event, the moqueta used collects and transports directly to the plant of temporary transfer of waste situated in the dock of load of the centre of Barcelonan conventions and inaugurated in 2008. With the last improvement, this installation allows to classify until seven distinct types of waste: paper, plastic, glass, organic, metal, material desechable and moqueta ferial. Delivered by all the enclosure find containers encoded by colours that facilitate the collected of this waste for his back processing in the plant of temporary transfer.

Foment Of the Reciclatge is the managing company authorised that it commissions of the collected of the waste. The plant also includes a space devoted to the management of special waste like fluorescent, light bulbs, paintings, glaze, oils, fats, batteries, accumulators, toners, inks and computer waste. The general director of the CCIB, Marc Rodríguez ensures that “our advanced system of collected of waste forms part of a firm strategy by the sustainability, no only of the installations but also regarding the reduction of the environingingmental impact of the events that receive”. This initiative hasreceived the recognition of main agents of the sector of the organisation of events like the AIPC or the EIBTM.