Tenerife has invested €60 million in waste recycling and reduced landfill waste by 50%.

Tenerife is making great strides in waste recycling! They have invested a record 60 million euros in new equipment, transport, and modern technologies. And there are already cool results: there is much less garbage in landfills. This was announced by Blanca Pérez, Advisor on Environmental Issues.

According to her, waste recycling has increased by 50% over the past two years. This means that more than 63,000 tons of garbage did not end up in landfills! Although there is still a lot of work to be done, positive changes are already visible.

Such successes are a response to criticism from the opposition, which believes that the authorities are doing nothing with waste. Blanca Pérez assures that the opposite is true: the recycling plant now has the best performance in its history.

Thanks to the rapid repair and modernization of the plant, it was possible to significantly reduce the amount of garbage that is simply buried. Carbon dioxide emissions have also decreased, which has a positive effect on the island's ecology.

Blanca Pérez emphasized that everything was in terrible condition before, but now Tenerife is becoming an example for the whole of Spain in terms of waste recycling.

Alejandro Molowny, Director of Waste Management, said that the money was invested in updating the vehicle fleet, purchasing new equipment, and modernizing treatment facilities.

For example, 57 new cars were purchased, and tens of millions of euros were spent on modernizing factories. They also plan to generate electricity from waste, which will be enough for thousands of homes.

Special attention is paid to new technologies and cooperation with universities. In addition, environmental lessons are conducted for children and adults to teach them how to sort garbage correctly.

Tenerife has even launched a pilot project for textile recycling, which is very cool for the circular economy.

But the most important thing is the recycling of organic waste. Although only a small part is currently being recycled, this figure is growing every year.

Blanca Pérez emphasized that success depends on cooperation with all cities and towns on the island. She called on them to install special containers for organic matter so that garbage does not end up in landfills.

Unfortunately, most of the garbage is currently thrown into one container, so it is very difficult to recycle. But if everyone starts sorting waste, Tenerife will become even cleaner and more environmentally friendly!