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San Sebastián, Oviedo, Vigo, Laredo,
Llanera, Colunga, Almuñecar and the
Provincial Council of Granada among
the award-winners
San Sebastian City Council
For the large fleet of electric vehicles used
for cleaning the city that has contributed to
reducing CO
2
emissions by 140 tons per
year.
Oviedo City Council
For its constant improvement in the quality
of this service, with greater mechanisation
of the work by using the latest generation
equipment, sound-proof and with great
performance that are greatly adapted to the
city’s structure.
Vigo City Council
For removing glass recycling bins in the
historic district, providing restaurants with
small containers that are picked up by a
special vehicle in an established schedule,
thereby facilitating glass recycling by the
sector.
Laredo City Council
For the pavement scraping service. Using
the appropriate machinery, the pavement is
scraped superficially, without damaging it,
making it possible to obtain an optimal level
of cleanliness without leaving any stains.
Llanera City Council
For its special plastic waste collection, with
prior notice, from the livestock sector. This
program has created awareness in this sec-
tor when separating their waste at the sou-
rce, increasing the town’s rate of recycling.
Colunga City Council
For implementing a cleaning service in clan-
destine landfill sites in the town, allocating
the material and human resources required
for their elimination.
A contest dedicated to the environment
To date, more than 600 prizes have been
awarded through this initiative that was
born in 1987 to commemorate European
Year of the Environment. On this occasion,
there was a wide representation of Mexi-
can municipalities underscoring the close
relations of ATEGRUS with Latin American
countries as evidenced by the celebration
of several Latin American Congresses sin-
ce 1984 and the ALINVEST Industrial Eu-
ropean-Latin American Cooperation Pro-
gram in place since 2002.
The contest focuses on municipalities, pro-
vincial councils, city councils, municipal as-
sociations, autonomous regions, enginee-
ring companies, environmental consultants,
manufacturers of capital goods, and urban
waste and cleaning management facilities,
universities, etc.
The competition aims to assess and to re-
cognise the measures and works carried
out to improve or defend waste manage-
ment, urban cleanliness in general in our
cities and industries, rewarding the efforts
and projects to stimulate technological ad-
vances and to create awareness that con-
tribute to improving our quality of life and
the sustainability of our cities and industries.
Latest generation equipment used to clean the city of Oviedo.
The significant presence
of Mexican cities
and entities is the result
of the intense activity
conducted by ATEGRUS
in Latin America