The President of the Maresme Waste Consortium and Mayor of Mataró, David Bote, takes part in the Forum ‘The future of the planet begins with the circular economy’, organised by El Periódico The Maresme wants to underline its role as a benchmark for the circular economy in Catalonia and Spain, and will do so with…
The Plan will be developed over a six-year period with the aim of reducing waste generation in the region by 26.4% by 2027, compared to 2010 The Maresme Waste Consortium is working on the drafting of the first Maresme Municipal Waste Prevention Plan, a tool that will make it possible to establish strategic lines and…
An analysis of 23 November 2021 shows that for the first time in 22 years, during 14 days, the regulatory limit of dioxin emissions was exceeded The Maresme Waste Consortium has opened a disciplinary case against the concessionaire of the Maresme Integral Centre for Waste Recovery, UTE TEM (Maresme Ecological Treatments), for non-compliance with the…
The Maresme Waste Consortium and the Chair of Circular Economy and Sustainability at the TecnoCampus have created a tool to assess the circularity of private companies wishing to join the Mataró-Maresme Circular Park. The tool, which is innovative in the sector, consists of around fifty circularity indicators ranging from innovation in recycling processes, the use…
The Maresme Waste Consortium presents an informative video showing the benefits of this pioneering project in Europe designed to reduce waste production The Maresme Waste Consortium has released an informative video showing the benefits of the Mataró-Maresme Circular Park, a pioneering project in Europe, promoted by the Consortium, which was created with the aim of…
The Maresme Waste Consortium is committed to informing, raising awareness and promoting understanding of the role of waste management. For this reason, in 2013 it launched ‘Un volt als Residus’, an environmental education programme that shows the problems of the production and consumption models that have led to the current climate emergency and the depletion…
According to the statistics of the Catalan Waste Agency on individual results by municipalities in 2020, it is worth highlighting the improvements in selective collection in many municipalities in the region. Argentona stands out with 88.15% of selective collection, followed by 74.79% in Arenys de Munt. 5 municipalities already exceed 60%: Sant Pol de Mar…
Recuwaste, the leading international conference on the sustainable management of waste and resources, closed its 6th edition with 800 attendees in person and another one hundred virtually, in this its first hybrid format. Leading local and international figures in the field of waste management shared their vision, projects and solutions on the ‘(R)evolution of resources‘…
The countdown to Recuwaste 2021 has already begun. This Wednesday the president of the Maresme Waste Consortium and mayor of Mataró, David Bote, the director of the Catalan Waste Agency, Isaac Peraire, and the director of the Maresme Waste Consortium, Carles Salesa, have held a press conference to present the international benchmark conference in the…
On Wednesday 13th October, the Maresme Waste Consortium and the company Baula Arqueologia SL signed a contract for archaeological work at the Ca la Madrona site as part of the first phase of construction of the Mataró-Maresme Circular Park. During the work to remove pre-existing industrial material from the site of the first phase of…
Last week, the Antoni Comas library in Mataró hosted the kick-off event for this year’s edition of “Hackgirl”. An event that, as part of the “TecnoGirl” project, aims to foster a passion for technology among young girls through participation in a challenge they have to solve. With 10 teams of five girls aged between 12…
The director of the Maresme Waste Consortium, Carles Salesa, has joined the FIREC knowledge exchange forum on waste and the circular economy as a collaborating member. This is a working group which will meet for two days every month, and is designed as a space for collaboration between the academic and professional world focused on…
