The municipality of Torre Pacheco has launched an environmental project aimed at collecting used cooking oil for further processing into bio diesel, making this the first people in the region to enhance service to recycle such waste.

The director general of Environmental Quality, Antonio Alvarado, and the mayor of Torre Pacheco, Daniel García, presented yesterday at the City Hall of this town bio diesel project, which includes the realization of the ‘Recycled cooking oils for bio diesel.

The regional government reported that the campaign aims to inform the final destination of this waste, which is the production of a biodegradable fuel for diesel engines, and to encourage people to work with the administration and management tasks authorized recycling.

The campaign is promoted by the municipality of Torre Pacheco and funded jointly by the Ministry of Industry and Environment. According to sources, at present there is no domestic collection service of used cooking oil as the only option for recycling is deposited in ecoparks. In fact, there ecopark in containers to deposit such waste oil, very harmful to the environment, if released uncontrolled.

Moreover, the dumping of waste in the pipes and obstructions strongly favors the process of purification of waste water treatment plant in, whereas if you throw them away in boats closed helps pollute the soil and increase the risk Explosion in landfills where they are transferred.

Torre Pacheco becoming the first municipality in the region that drives home a collection of used oil. For its part, the company Reagra (Oils and Fats Recycling) is responsible for managing the oil spill in the seven collection stations set up by the City Council in its urban core and moves for recycling, which is responsible for a treatment of the three companies that exist in Spain, owned by the company Bionet Europe, which is a leader in the production of bio diesel from used cooking oil.

Residents can also bring the used oil andalusia Ecopark, located on the outskirts of town, and soon the future of Waste Management Center, located in Roland, whose works are well advanced. The total budget for the project is over 20,000 euros, of which the general direction of Environmental Quality will provide 10,440 euros.