The grants, awarded by the Catalan Waste Agency, come from the European Union’s Next Generation funds and will finance three infrastructure projects to prepare for the reuse of bulky waste, clothing/textile material and bicycles, and one to improve the separation of residual waste The Maresme Waste Consortium has received 1.8 million euros in aid to…
In the 27 years since monitoring began, studies have shown that exposure to the incineration plant is not a risk factor for the health of the population The Maresme Waste Consortium continues to support these studies due to the scientific interest in monitoring the evolution of the different public health indicators over time, and in…
The Maresme Waste Consortium is one of the driving forces behind the agreement The signatory companies and organisations have undertaken to increase the selective collection of clothing from the current 12% to a minimum of 25% by 2024 The Maresme Waste Consortium is one of the driving forces behind the Circular Fashion Pact, an agreement…
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…
