The Governing Council of the Cabildo of Lanzarote has awarded this Monday the construction of the new composting plant at the Zonzamas Environmental Complex, a key infrastructure to advance towards a sustainable and circular management of waste in the Biosphere Reserve.
The president of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, Oswaldo Betancort, stated that this award "represents a new step in the modernization of the island's environmental infrastructure after four years lost during the last term. This governing group is making up for lost time with actions and projects that improve people's lives and position us as benchmark territories in the circular economy," he commented before alluding to other renewable energy projects such as the launch this year of the San Bartolomé Wind Farm.
For his part, the Island Council's Waste Councillor, Domingo Cejas, explained how the award "confirms the good management and technical rigor of this Government," and announced that part of the funds initially planned for the plant - the original budget was 7 million euros - "will be allocated to other modernization actions within the Zonzamas Environmental Complex itself.... We are taking advantage of every euro of public investment to make Zonzamas a more efficient and technologically advanced space, taking a qualitative leap in the island's environmental management," added Cejas.
The contract has been awarded to the temporary joint venture Medio Ambiente, Residuos y Agua Marea S.L. – Heliopol S.A.U., which submitted the most advantageous offer in the open procedure called by the Corporation. The proposal was selected from the four offers submitted to the tender, after obtaining the highest score in the technical and economic criteria evaluated by the Procurement Committee.
The contract is co-financed by the Canary Islands Development Fund (FDCAN) and has a budget of 5,584,022.77 euros, plus 390,881.59 euros in IGIC (Canary Islands General Indirect Tax), reaching a total investment of 5,974,904.36 euros.
The vice president and head of the Planning and Project Coordination area, María Jesús Tovar, has stated for her part that this investment "will mark a before and after in the management of waste on the island. We were clear that, through the FDCAN, we had to make an effort in this investment that responds to a historical demand of the entire citizenry of the island. We continue working to invest in improvements in Lanzarote and La Graciosa."
A modern infrastructure for a more sustainable island
The project includes the construction of a 2,200-meter building equipped with trench fermentation and forced ventilation systems, which will optimize the composting process with maximum environmental guarantees.
The new plant will treat 3,500 tons of biowaste and 875 tons of plant waste per year, generating up to 2,600 tons of compost for agricultural, forestry, and landscaping use.
The Cabildo continues to execute the strategic investment program to modernize Lanzarote and La Graciosa, promoting sustainable infrastructure that generates green employment and improves public services. "Zonzamas is undergoing a comprehensive transformation. The composting plant is not an isolated project, but part of a global strategy to optimize waste management and meet European objectives in this Biosphere Reserve."
