FOBESA and Elda City Council launch a door-to-door cardboard collection service for businesses

• Two environmental educators will travel around the city visiting more than 800 businesses to inform them about this new initiative.
• The awareness campaign, which will last two weeks, will provide all the information necessary for merchants to join this pioneering service.

FOBESA and the Elda City Council have launched a new paper and cardboard collection service specifically for businesses with the main objective of making it easier for businesses to collect the paper and cardboard produced on a daily basis and thus decongest the city's blue containers.

This type of waste, generated by boxes and wrapping paper, is usually quite bulky, but of excellent quality for recycling. Therefore, with door-to-door collection of commercial cardboard, businesses ensure access to fully recyclable material, as separation occurs at the source. Furthermore, to benefit from this new, completely free service, businesses simply need to register by filling out a form and place the material at their store entrance.

Specifically, collection will be carried out using several fully electric, zero-emission dump trucks on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday nights. This means that paper and cardboard must be folded and tied to the facade of each establishment on those days at the end of the workday.

Furthermore, to disseminate information about the new service to all businesses, a specific awareness campaign has been launched, which will be carried out by two environmental educators. They will visit more than 800 establishments in the city, explaining the basic guidelines for the correct use of the collection service.

The campaign, which began this week, will last approximately 15 days and will be supported by a leaflet and an adhesion sheet that will be distributed during visits to the merchants.

With the addition of this new service, the Elda City Council and Fobesa reinforce their commitment to providing a high-quality service to the municipality, in line with the needs of all residents and businesses. The 100% recovery of commercial paper and cardboard for subsequent recycling and the incorporation of fully electric vehicles into the collection process reflect the two institutions' commitment to environmental protection.