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collection and cleaning machinery

FCC unveiled in Badajoz the machinery that will be used to collect urban waste and to clean the city’s streets. The service which FCC has been providing since 1 October of last year has meant a substantial change in the quality of life of the community and has signifcantly improved the image of the city.

During the offcial presentation, Miguel Cel-drán, mayor of Badajoz mentioned that cleanliness had been one of the pending items in the city’s agenda and that the city had noted the improvement since the ser-vice had been implemented. He also said that the company had the support of the City Council since so far it was satisfed with the level of compliance.

FCC invested 9.5 million Euros in the cle-aning service that it will be providing under

From left to right: Alfonso Sánchez, head of FCC’s Badajoz Department; Francisco Cortés, director of the FCC Extremadura Contract; José María Moreno, Director of the FCC Center-Extremadura branch offce; Miguel Ángel Celdrán Matute, mayor of Badajoz; Antonio María Ávila Fernández,

councilor for the Environment; and Antonio Díaz, municipal Environmental technician.

a 12-year concession, plus an 8-year ex-tension, a contract that is worth 106 million Euros. The investment was mainly earmar-ked for acquiring new vehicles and ma-chinery thanks to which the company has already implemented 98% of the services.

The company hired 220 people to provide this service and has a feet of 90 vehicles, 17 of which are powered with electricity.

Thanks to their design, the new vehicles are able to reach narrow and diffcult to access areas. Each of the city’s districts will have their own vehicles and containers designed to meet their specifc requirements.