Mobile Recycling System, 2nd

The Green Party denounces again the very bad functioning of the waste system in Orihuela and Orihuela Costa. The Green Party did investigate and found out that the company in charge is systematically unfulfilling the conditions established by their contract.
The mobile Ecoparque (recycling system) for example is based on a schedule so that it is following a time table and is stationed at a total of 24 different places one day a month.
We could check that if that day is a bank holiday, the mobile recycling container is not put in place, but also the service is not changed to another day, which means that this address is left out until the following month. We also could check that some places/or days are simply left out with no reason. No mobile recycling system appears on the schedules day. (Ex. El Presidente, C/ El Salvador on the 17th of March).
Very often 2 or even 3 containers for daily waste stand together, so that many neighbours have to walk a considerable distance to reach them.
The garden waste containers are metal grey. Unfortunately they usually stand alone and the citizen do not seem to know what “Solo poda particular” means. (= only house garden waste). When no other waste containers are nearby, they are filled also with domestic waste. We from Los Verdes do think that it is absolutely necessary to make an information campaign.

The contract with the waste company costs a lot of money (paid by all of us), but the service is not the one established in the contract for which we pay. When complains are handed in to the Town Hall, the responsible councillor, Mr. Abadia, defends the company when his duty should be to defend the citizens and check if the company fulfils its duties.

Until now the existence of a mobile recycling system and the schedule for it is not published on the official web of the Town Hall or the unofficial web of Orihuela Costa (Stefan). The leaflet is not lying out in the Town Hall and the tourist office keeps it behind the desk. No official campaign has been made to make this service public. Not knowing about it, the citizens will not make use of it and at the end, may be it can be stopped again “because it is not accepted by the citizens”……

Mobile Ecoparque (Recycling System)

Mobile Ecopark

Los Verdes did apply already last year for an ecopark and more containers as for example special containers to deposit kitchen oil, motor oil etc. Since December it was supposed to happen and now it finally did: There are mobile containers which are stationed in various streets of Orihuela Costa following a schedule which is available at the Town Hall. This is a big step forward and we hope that all of us will make an effort towards recycling.
We think that Stefan P. should forward this kind of information in his newsletter and that all Community Presidents should be informed and asked to put this information on their notice board.
As by know we also do notice that the published schedule is not maintained. We will investigate and inform you here.