Madrid To Recycle 30 Per Cent More Packaging By 2013

摘要

department to increase the recycling of packaging waste and paper and board by 30 per cent by 2013.rnThe agreement, signed last week, should lead to the recovery of 243,000 tonnes of packaging waste and 700,000 tonnes of paper and board, the head of the Environment Department of the city of Madrid said.rnAccording to Ana Botella, this increase in recycling will save 2.6 million tonnes of raw materials (11,600 hectares of forests and 196,000 tonnes of oil) and will lead to energy savings equivalent to the annual energy consumption of 418,000 families. It will also avoid the emission of two million particles of CO_2 into the atmosphere.