Cardboard paper collection increased by 9.83% over last year and packaging by 4.89%
Benidorm improves selective collection data for packaging and cardboard paper in 2024
Glass data show a slight decline for 2023, although they remain well above the national average
The Department of the Environment data shows that Benidorm continues to increase percentages of waste segregation at source. The data, referring to 2024, indicate that during that time, the kilos of selective waste collection, which citizens do by recycling at home, increased again. Specifically, last year, the data regarding the collection of cardboard and packaging improved, and a slight decrease was recorded in glass, however, the rate remains well above the national average.
Thus, the data obtained on cardboard collection indicate that last year, 1,649,460 kilos were collected, an increase of 9.83% over 2023. As a curiosity, the month with the best data was August, in which 198,520 kilos were collected. January had the fewest kilos collected, with 101,520.
There was also an increase in the collection container collection related to 2023. In this case, August also had On the other hand, December was the month with 58,740 kilos. had the lowest number,
As regards the collection of glass, this aspect experienced a slight decrease. Last year 3,388,040 kilos were collected, while a year earlier the figure was 3,835,620 kilos. Despite the slight drop, Benidorm is above the national average. According to Ecovidrio data, the national average for glass recycling is 19.2 kilos per inhabitant per year, while in Benidorm it exceeds 50 per inhabitant per year. In 2024, June was the month with the highest collection data, with 410,790 kilos, compared to 248,460 in January, which was the month with the lowest collection figure.
Mónica Gómez, Councillor for the Environment, has indicated in light of the data that “it is clear that citizens and the productive sector are increasingly practising waste segregation at source”. In other words, more and more households and establishments are separating organic waste from packaging, glass, paper and cardboard” and declined in glass collection “but we are still well above the Spanish average and moving at very high figures and percentages”.
The councillor stressed that “the population is gradually becoming aware of the importance of separating waste” and expressed her conviction that “these percentage increases will continue to grow”.
