The City Council has embarked on a selective waste collection campaign, installing various Ecopoints around Seville for the collection of waste which should not be disposed of in “public containers”.
In total, 11 such collection points will be installed, 1 for each district of the city, at a cost of over €322,000 ($365,967).
As The Mayor reports, these Ecopoints consist of “small, fixed installations, powered by solar energy, where residues of domestic origin” and “of small dimensions” can be deposited.
These “residues” include toner and ink cartridges, used vegetable oil, plastic coffee capsules, DVDs, batteries, fluorescents, small tyres and appliances, and mercury thermometers.
Each Ecopoint will be in operation 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for the convenience of Seville’s population, to prevent these kinds of materials being thrown into the city’s organic waste containers.
The Ecopoints each feature an anti-graffiti finish, signs in Braille, an LED lighting system, an autonomous fire extinguisher and a photovoltaic energy system. They even have a special space dedicated to the exchange of books.
