This decision, made during a plenary session, aims to guarantee the continuity of an essential public service and advance the modernization of the island's waste management facilities. The council's president, Casimiro Curbelo, highlighted that the multi-year planning provides stability and security, incorporating investments to improve infrastructure, renew equipment, and enhance the treatment capacity for the island's various waste types.
The contract covers the comprehensive operation of the Environmental Complex, including the reception, control, sorting, triage, conditioning, valorization, treatment, and disposal of waste where applicable. It also encompasses the management of the landfill cell, leachates, biogas, coverings, as well as the treatment of urban solid waste, light packaging, paper and cardboard, bulky waste, green waste, and construction and demolition debris.
The service provision includes preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance of buildings, networks, machinery, vehicles, and equipment assigned to the service. These tasks are complemented by environmental control and monitoring of the facilities, compliance with permits and surveillance plans, cleaning of wind-scattered debris, and the implementation of new selective collection services, including those for used domestic oil and textile waste.
The insular counselor for Sustainability, Héctor Cabrera, explained that the program combines the daily operation of the facilities with planned interventions on their infrastructure and treatment processes. According to Cabrera, the objective is to increase material valorization, progressively reduce the amount of waste ending up in the landfill cell, and have more efficient, safe facilities and equipment adapted to current environmental requirements.
The investment also includes the renovation of the baler and compactor, resources for the repair of vehicles and machinery, the supply of aggregates for covering the landfill cell, environmental controls and sampling, the acquisition of maintenance materials, and the provision of a specific machinist support service. Cabrera indicated that this planning will reinforce prevention, improve safety conditions, and ensure more rigorous control over all activities at the complex.
