The PSOE denounces that the containers for biowaste are not operational despite the fact that the City Council spent more than 1.5 million on their purchase

The Socialist Municipal Group has denounced the "paralysis" and "lack of management" by the Popular Party government in implementing selective waste collection in the city. Socialist spokesperson Cristina Escoda criticised the fact that, despite the acquisition of more than 1,500 containers for bio-waste and composting being formalised in December 2025, citizens still do not have access to these containers on public streets, even after the City Council invested nearly one and a half million euros.

Escoda stated that it is a "real disgrace" that an investment of this magnitude, which also has significant European funding, is "shelved somewhere" due to the inefficiency of Toni Pérez's administration. “More than six months have passed since the contract for these containers was formalised, and the residents of Benidorm continue to pay increasingly higher taxes without receiving the basic services and recycling that the law and the sustainability of our city require,” she emphasised.

In this regard, the Socialist councilwoman stressed that this latest incident, which adds to the widespread poor condition of the other recycling containers, reflects how the Popular Party government manages street cleaning in Benidorm. “Toni Pérez is more concerned with his photo ops and social events than with managing Benidorm’s daily problems. It’s pointless to claim he wants to give residents the greatest possible ease in practising a circular economy and to seek external funding if he is then incapable of putting the resources on the streets and providing a decent public service,” Escoda stated.

The Socialist Party has reminded everyone that Benidorm cannot allow the PP's negligence to jeopardise the European subsidies granted for the management of municipal solid waste and the collection of organic waste using the so-called brown bin. "The purchase of these containers was funded by a subsidy of almost €800,000 from European funds. We hope we won't have to return all of this money," the councilwoman emphasised.

Therefore, Cristina Escoda has demanded that the mayor and the councillor for Street Cleaning immediately begin working to deploy all the newly acquired containers and provide the neighbourhoods and local businesses with a modern and efficient composting and recycling network. "Benidorm cannot continue to project this image of neglect," she concluded.