Europe allocates 3.6 million for waste management in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura

The Ministry of Tourism and Employment of the Government of the Canary Islands has granted 2.1 million euros to the Cabildo of Fuerteventura and 1.5 million euros to the Cabildo of Lanzarote and La Graciosa, for the conversion into clean islands through the improvement in waste management.

These are funds from the EU's Recovery and Resilience Mechanism, one of the paths that make up the Next Generation program, the Ministry reports in a statement.

The Minister of Tourism and Employment, Jéssica de León, has pointed out that “sustainability has become an essential element in the new management of tourist destinations, not only from the environmental point of view, but also from the social and economic point of view, hence the importance of promoting aid that promotes the efficient treatment of waste, which is a social need.”

In addition, she assured that “the circular economy stimulates competitiveness and offers the opportunity to increase the impact of tourism on sustainable development, which results in the well-being of the local population.”

Specifically, on the island of Fuerteventura, the Island Council intends to promote the construction of a composting plant for the recycling of collected bio-waste, avoiding the elimination of waste in a limited space such as the landfill of the Zurita Environmental Complex.

Furthermore, the purpose of this aid is to promote the recycling of bio-waste through the generation of compost.

It is planned that the island institution will provide containers to the town councils and hotel establishments to improve the sustainable management of waste generated by their activity and provide them with a second life in this way.

For its part, the Cabildo of Lanzarote proposes to expand and implement new domestic composting points for biodegradable waste, with special attention to food waste.

The item will also serve to collaborate with the seven councils of the island, providing the material means and developing awareness campaigns to promote the separation of the different organic fractions.