The Department of Environment and Education have Cotillas Towers launched in local schools targeted a recycling campaign whose purpose is to familiarize citizens with the future source separation of municipal solid waste, separate collection, the Municipal operation of the EcoPark and other municipal initiative in the field of household waste management.
Aimed at students of Primary 4 of this initiative is being developed in schools "Cervantes", "Divine Master", "San José", "Valentin Buendía", "Vista Alegre", "Monte Azahar", "Susarte" "Joaquin Cantero" and "The Park."
The workshop, with the collaboration of the company "Sociedad General Waste (Management of Municipal Ecoparque) and the company" Urbaser "(licensee of the collection of MSW) consists of three one-hour sessions that take place in the school plus a site visit of the EcoPark.
During the first two sessions the students have been trained in the management of MSW, using teaching methods such as conducting colored containers with cardboard boxes and colored paper, news search media ...
Furthermore, in the third session the children have used computers in their schools and via the Internet, have visited the websites of the various foundations, such as "Ecoembes", "Ecovidrio", etc., And have used educational resources available in the form of interactive games.
Finally, the students will visit on Wednesday 16 March, the Municipal EcoPark, which will know first hand the waste can be deposited and the subsequent management of them is made.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Las Torres de Cotillas