Portugal and Spanish towns upgrade waste collection and recycling services
In a Portuguese municipality, the mayor and the councilor for street cleaning oversaw the addition of two new compacting garbage trucks equipped with a side‑load system, aimed at improving collection efficiency, shortening service times and reducing environmental impact.
In Sóller, Mallorca, the local workers' union submitted a proposal to keep organic‑waste collection under public control, rejecting any move toward privatisation and demanding better internal organisation, staffing guarantees and closure of a collective‑agreement deadline.
Gijón’s municipal environmental service launched two pilot initiatives: a mobile clean‑point vehicle to collect bulky household waste that cannot fit street bins, and reusable‑item collection boxes intended to give donated household goods a second life, both part of the city’s “Zero Waste” plan.
In Arbo, Galicia, the regional environmental minister and the town mayor reviewed plans for autonomous sewage‑treatment plants for small villages, with possible regional funding of up to €20,000 per system, and discussed a €2.4 million water‑supply project serving about 1,500 residents.