The Mercat del Ninot has opened a recycling point for household waste with small dimensions. It’s the first time the service has been installed at a municipal market, but will not be the only one as the next facility of this type will be located at the Mercat de Sant Antoni.

The functioning of mobile recycling points next to municipal markets has led to a permanent facility being set up at the Mercat del Ninot. “Users can make the most of their trip to the market to fill their shopping trolleys with things to throw out and leave them at the recycling point”, explained the Commissioner for Ecology, Eva Herrero.

As with the rest of these facilities around the city, this recycling point, or punt verd, allows users to leave household waste with small dimensions such as clothing, shoes, books, cooking oil, batteries, coffee capsules, home appliances and toys. The facility will open from 8.30 am to 2 pm and from 4 pm to 7.30 pm from Mondays to Saturdays.

The city has an extensive network of recycling facilities, including 7 area facilities, 24 neighbourhood points, 8 mobile units which stop at 96 locations and 2 school vehicles. Over the last year, the network handled 800,000 users and collected 1,923 tons of waste.

Backing zero waste

The municipal government supports a zero waste strategy, aimed at moving towards a circular economy and avoiding the generation of unnecessary waste. In short, by disposing of everything correctly everything should get recycled.