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Councillor for the Environment and Urban Maintenance; Manuel San- tiago Bonilla Hidalgo, City Coun- cillor for the Tax Office and Con- tracts, and other members of the municipal corporation. During the presentation, the mayor said, “keeping the city clean is a challenge and a commitment of the City Council and of the residents”. Various company managers and executives attended the event on behalf of FCC Medio Ambiente, in- cluding Manuel Ramírez Ledesma, Director of Zone II and Javier Irigo- yen Arcelus, Director of the Anda- lusia I Region. A team of more than 200 emplo- yees for whom specific training and equality plans will be developed will provide these new services. Committed to sustainable services. This new contract underscores a real commitment too introducing electric mobility technology to ena- ble more sustainable city services and with the objective of minimizing the environmental impact. Accor- dingly, 34 electric vehicles will be used, including vans and inspec- tion cars (one of them a municipal supervision vehicle) and ancillary sweeping vehicles, in addition to a large amount of electric tools. Side-loading vehicles In addition, the new waste collec- tion service with a side-loading system shall replace most rear- loading systems; this is a very re- levant change, translating into a considerable improvement of the efficacy and efficiency of the ser- vice. As a result, the Company will be incorporating seven new side-loading waste collection units and a unit for washing the interior and exterior of containers in addi- tion to high-pressure hydro-clea- ning equipment to clean and dis- infect the container islands and to remove stains and graffiti. For the garden maintenance ser- vice, the company will provide a tree-pruning chipper, reusing the remains in green areas of the municipality with mulching techni- ques, which are very practical to retain humidity and create humus. High-performance equipment The street cleansing service is strengthened with the new water tankers with an 8 to 16--m3 capa- city, as well as two pavement-was- hing machines and two electrical support trikes for places that are hard to reach. In addition, hi- gh-performance mechanical swee- pers will be used on pavements and roadways. “This new service for the city of Jaen is much more efficient and sustainable, thanks to the num- ber of machines used during the service and the fact that this is zero-emission machinery”, stated Javier Irigoyen Arcelus, Director of the Andalusia I Region. environment The new contract represents a clear commitment to intro- ducing electric mobility technology that will enable the city to have more sustainable services and to reduce the envi- ronmental impact. Thirty-four electric vehicles, including vans and inspection cars, will be used, in addition to ancillary sweeping vehicles. In the photo: Javier Márques Sánchez, the mayor of Jaén, accompanied by Juan José Jodar Valderrama, the Councillor for the Environment and Urban Maintenance; Manuel Santiago Bonilla Hidalgo, City Councillor for the Tax Office and Contracts; and other members of the municipal corporation. Manuel Ramírez Ledesma, Director of Zone II and Javier Irigoyen Arcelus, Director of the Andalusia I Region represented FCC Medio Ambiente. B U S I N E S S 9 B U S I N E S S