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Glass
a material with
an almost infinite
lifecycle
The Citizen Services Group has two treatment plants in Cadrete and Muel (both in
Zaragoza) and another one in Sagunto Harbour (Valencia)
Recycling glass is part of everyday life for
citizens, so much so, that it is the most
recycled material, perhaps because it was
the first one that we started to separate in
the eighties. In 2014, 700,000 tons of glass
from selective glass collection plus another
200,000 tons of glass from supplementary
collections, were recycled in Spain. The
sum of these tons means that the recycling
rate in Spain in 2014 was 68.9%, making
Spain one of the leading countries in Euro-
pe in recycling glass bottles. This recycling
rate, per inhabitants, implies 14.8 kilograms
of recycled bottles per person, that is,
about 56 glass bottles.
The European Union has set several re-
cycling targets that are currently in the
study and approval phase. Specifically, the
rate of recycling should increase progres-