On October 31, Mayor of Madrid José Luis Martínez-Almeida presented the main novelties of the new waste collection and transport service, where the contracts and awards thereof were announced. Among the measures introduced, contracts must comply with the following:
The machinery and vehicles used by the concessionaires to provide the service must be powered by CNG (ECO) engines or by ZERO emission engines, according to the classification of the Spanish General Directorate of Traffic (DGT). In no case will collection or waste transport trucks that are totally propelled by diesel, biodiesel or ethanol engines be admitted, and any proposal that does not comply with this precept will be excluded from the tender. In fact, they must incorporate at least two ZERO compactor collection trucks in each of the three collection and transport lots.
The PreZero-Urbaser joint venture was awarded lot 3 and has already begun to provide services for more than one million people in Madrid. The districts it will cover are Arganzuela, Carabanchel, Usera, Puente de Vallecas, Villaverde and Villa de Vallecas. The contract will have a duration of 6 years and will allow the annual collection of nearly 350,000 tons of waste thanks to the work carried out by more than 600 workers.
The service that will be developed by the PreZero-Urbaser joint venture will allocate 94% of the investment to the acquisition of new trucks for the renewal of the current fleet. 145 new sustainable vehicles will be incorporated, including 129 trucks powered by natural gas and 16 EVs.
“Thanks to this new award, Madrid will take another step to move towards the circular economy, through selective collection, giving a second life to waste, including organic waste that can be transformed into green energy, as currently carried out by the Valdemingómez Biogas Treatment Plant to supply more than 35,000 homes and serve more than 4 million EMT users per year,” said Sergio Cabellos, Regional Director of PreZero.
Moreover, Manuel Martínez, National Director of Urban Services at Urbaser, commented: “With the award of this contract, we continue to consolidate ourselves as a benchmark company in the sector and essential for the circular economy and sustainability in Madrid.”
Source: PreZero/Madrid City Council
