The residents of Bullas have demonstrated their solidarity with the neediest groups by reaching the RECICLOS social incentive in just one week.
Thus, the bullies have opted to donate the points obtained by recycling their cans and plastic bottles of drinks with this Refund and Reward System in order to help their neighbors. RECYCLES, developed by Ecoembes, the non-profit environmental organization that coordinates the recycling of packaging in Spain, was recently implemented in the town thanks to the firm commitment of the Bullas City Council to the environment through recycling.
Now, in addition to the environmental benefits derived from this act, there are others of a social nature that contribute to collaborating with the most vulnerable groups.
In fact, the bullies have exchanged the rewards they have received for recycling in the 113 yellow containers in the city -to which RECICLOS incorporates technology- for donations of sanitary material, masks and hydroalcoholic gels to help the neighbors who need it most to protect themselves of the Covid-19. The Mayor of Bullas, María Dolores Muñoz, has stated that "the people of Bullas have always been involved in environmental issues and if we join them, which characterizes us to be in solidarity and respond when asked with great generosity, we obtain this good result from which we we are very proud and we appreciate it ". For his part, Alberto Fernández, Manager of Ecoembes in the Region of Murcia, wanted to value the unity and solidarity shown by the citizens of Bullas, stating that "in these difficult times, in which there are people who are having a bad time, it is very comforting to see how with a daily gesture as simple as recycling helping so much.
This is, without a doubt, one of the great strengths of RECYCLES ". After achieving this first collective incentive, the City Council of Bullas and Ecoembes continue to encourage citizens to use RECYCLES in order to continue contributing to social causes that benefit all the residents of this Murcian town. To use RECYCLES, the citizens of Bullas only have to connect to the webapp, scan the barcode of the container they want to recycle and deposit it in one of the yellow containers.
By doing so, they will earn points, called RECYCLES, which they can exchange for the various rewards available to them.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Bullas