Residents in Los Alcázares are expected to see cleaner streets before the summer after the council awarded a ten-year contract for urban cleaning and waste collection to Valoriza. The agreement, which will run for the next decade, is worth four million euros per year.
For the first time, the service will also include the maintenance and cleaning of beaches and the management of the municipal ecopark. The contract introduces a brown bin for bio-waste, allowing residents to separate food and garden waste in line with current environmental targets.
The decision follows almost eight years of delays and a series of appeals from rival bidders. The council is due to sign the contract next week, marking the end of a lengthy tender process and the start of a new phase in local public services.
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