The Department of Services will distribute polypropylene bags, very resistant to the purchases that the citizens make in the different businesses of the municipality, and thus reduce the use of plastic bags of a single use.
Francisco Saorín, Councilor for Services, reports that "every European citizen uses an average of 200 plastic bags a year, almost 90% of which are not reused, but end up being discarded and are more harmful to the environment. This, from the council we work to reduce its use, as marked by Law 22/2011, of July 28, on Contaminated Waste and Soils. "
The mayor explained that "these bags will be distributed on November 23 in the weekly market, but also can be requested to the Department of Services, going to calle Pérez Cervera n ° 76, or the mobile ecopark, which will be given "The bags also include information on the recycling of light packaging and on the services of collection of goods, ecoparques and the schedule of deposit of domestic waste.
Saorin points out that "every year about 100,000 million bags of plastic are consumed, a figure that could rise to 110,000 million by 2020 if no action is taken." 89% of the bags are used once and become contaminants. We must all collaborate and play our part to contribute to the care of the environment. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cieza