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BEC signs an agreement with Ecoembes for the improvement of its system of waste collection
17/12/2009
December 17, 2009
Bilbao exhibition Centre and Ecoembes have signed an agreement for the improvement of the system of selective collection of waste of light packaging and papel-cartón in the Basque Fairgrounds. In order to develop this project, both entities currently appropriate action to adjust and expand the existing procedure to the current characteristics of waste from the Centre. The signing ceremony participated in José Miguel Corres, Managing Director of BEC, and Oscar Martín, sub-Director of Ecoembalajes Spain materials, non-profit society founded in 1996 by a group of companies related to the sector of packaging, recycling and the recovery of waste.
Signing of the agreement between Ecoembes and Bilbao Exhibition Centre.
The main objectives of the plan are to reduce the amount of material that is currently intended to dump as much as possible and work towards the sustainable management of resources of Bilbao Exhibition Centre, thus contributing to follow the guidelines set by the European Union in the field of recycling of packaging waste. Therefore complement the existing system of separate collection of waste of papel-cartón and will be introduced a new dedicated light packaging, offering the possibility of normalizing the habit of the separation in origin and raising awareness to all professionals and agents involved.
The number and variety of activities, Bilbao Exhibition Centre generates a large volume of waste, among others, plastics, paper and cardboard, organic, wood, carpet, chatarra…, that are managed by different ways. Most of them, namely 75%, occur in the phase of dismantling of the events, while the rest are divided between the Assembly, with 20%, and the own holding, which is only 5% of the set. Total tons of garbage produced, it is estimated that 2% corresponds to light packaging, 28% to the cardboard paper, so the recoverable material would amount to 690 tons a year.
