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environment Vigo City Council, a city where FCC Medio Ambiente (the Spanish brand for FCC Environment) has delivered services since 1989, has once again placed its trust in the company by awarding lots 2 and 3 of the street and beach cleaning services, collection of diverse was- te types and other special services for a term of two years. The con- tract value equals to almost 58 mi- llion euros and there is a possible extension of two more years. To serve the city’s nearly 293,000 inhabitants, FCC has a workfor- ce of over 640 employees. The company will continue to develop its policies of integrating groups at risk of exclusion through part- nership agreements with entities such as Red Cross and Down Vigo, which are actively working to achieve these objectives. Similarly, it intends to progress with the im- plementation of the second equali- ty plan in the company, developed recently in collaboration with wor- ker representatives. A fleet of 59 vehicles Regarding the vehicle fleet, FCC Medio Ambiente will have 59 ve- hicles for the collection of recycla- bles and various sorts of waste, and 107 machines for the cleaning service. The new contract will par- tially renew machinery by introdu- cing electric and hybrid vehicles and enhancing the current com- pressed natural gas (CNG) fleet. As a novelty, the cleaning and collection services in the historic district are being increased; pilot trials on self-composting will be im- FCC Medio Ambiente awarded a contract for cleaning, and waste collection and transport services in Vigo Once again, FCC Medio Ambiente was awarded a street cleaning and waste collection and transport services in Vigo, the most important city in the province of Pontevedra and the main gateway to the Atlantic Ocean, a city which has won, for the sixth consecutive time, the prestigious Platinum Broom for being one of the cleanest cities in Spain. Photos of some of the city’s waste collection vehicles. B U S I N E S S 12 B U S I N E S S