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Guided tour of The Maresme Integral Centre for Waste Recovery<\/span><\/h1><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]We encourage you to take a guided tour of the Maresme Integral Centre for Waste Recovery; a tour for people of all ages, from schoolchildren to adults. Enjoy a spectacular experience, where learning and awareness-raising take place in an educational and entertaining way: the environmental classroom, a route past totem poles explaining the plant\u2019s processes, and “Maresme Circular Immersive Experience”, an immersive experience with Virtual Reality glasses that will allow users to discover the present and future of recycling. This totally interactive and innovative experience is a great step forward in raising awareness about waste management and the necessary changes in the current model of production and consumption.<\/p>\n

The visit is free. Get in touch with us if you\u2019d like to take part in this different and enriching experience.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_video link=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/kuuugm3rJjQ”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”7069″ img_size=”full” title=”Tour map”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

A – ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING<\/strong><\/a>
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B – ENVIRONMENTAL CLASSROOM<\/strong><\/a>
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C \u2013 VISITORS\u2019 ROUTE<\/strong><\/a>
\nE \u2013 MARESME CIRCULAR IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE with Virtual Reality glasses\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Information about the Tour<\/span><\/h1><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Come and see the new Environmental Classroom! Discover the Green Sphere! Enjoy the Simulator!<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Maresme Integral Centre for Waste Recovery has a recently-opened interactive Environmental Classroom aimed both at school children and students as well as adults and families. During the visit there is also an explanatory guided tour of the whole centre and visit the Green Sphere where you can enjoy an immersive experience with Virtual Reality glasses: “Maresme Circular Immersive Experience”. With virtual reality glasses and through a series of virtual flights that generate a highly immersive 3D sensation, the user can fly over the Maresme Integrated Waste Recovery Centre and enjoy panoramic views of Matar\u00f3 and a large part of the region, travel into space and land in a sustainable and self-sufficient city of the future. All this in about 25 minutes and with the help of a drone that, in addition to guiding visitors, will teach them concepts such as the circular economy and downcycling.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”3407″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_rounded” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”3410″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_rounded” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”3413″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_rounded” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”3416″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_rounded” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner]

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The Consorci\u2019s Educational Program<\/span><\/h1><\/div>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Activities for schools<\/h2>\n

Schools have the opportunity to visit the Maresme Integral Centre for Waste Recovery, where the county\u2019s municipal waste is treated, and they can also take part in an educational workshop at their school as a preliminary activity.<\/p>\n

The visit to the Centre\u2019s facilities is accompanied by monitors and can be made every working day, from Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 5 pm. Three tours are available: the whole Centre (duration 2h 30 min), the REMAINDER Treatment Plant (duration 2h) and the Energy Recovery Plant (duration 1h 30 min).<\/p>\n

The visit begins with an introduction and video presentation of the Maresme Consortium for Municipal Solid Waste Treatment. Then, in subgroups of a maximum of 15 students, the tour begins, accompanied by a monitor who explains the facilities and serves as a guide for the different educational activities that are carried out along the tour: environmental classroom, \u201cMaresme Circular Immersive Experience\u201d with Virtual Reality glasses.<\/p>\n

A group of a maximum of 45 pupils (divided into 3 subgroups) can take part in the visit at the same time and, if necessary, another group, also with a maximum of 45 pupils, can enter half an hour later.<\/p>\n

With regard to didactic workshops, there are four types of workshop depending on the age of the pupils:<\/p>\n