The Ponte de Lima City Council will invest more than €416,000 in the acquisition of around 4,500 containers to improve waste management in the municipality, it was announced yesterday.
Asked by the Lusa agency, on the occasion of the opening of a public tender, the Viana do Castelo district municipality said that “it is an investment intended to promote recycling at the source of biowaste and to reinforce the selective collection network for biowaste (food and green).”
The investment also aims to reinforce the selective collection network for other waste streams, within the scope of the project “Ponte de Lima Biowaste Collection System – Phase 1.”
The “project was approved as part of an application to Norte2030 and includes the acquisition of containerization equipment, integrating into a set of actions aimed at improving waste management in the municipality.”
In total, the municipality notes, around 4,500 containers of various types will be purchased, namely access-controlled containers for selective collection of food biowaste in the domestic sector, containers for selective collection of food biowaste in the non-domestic sector, domestic and community composters, containers for green waste, oil drums, containers for waste from batteries and accumulators, and containers for construction and demolition waste from small repair and DIY works.
According to the public tender, published on Wednesday in Diário da República, the investment amount is €416,225.18, plus VAT, and is provided for in the Action Plan of Ponte de Lima’s Urban Solid Waste Strategic Plan (PAPERSU) 2030.
The contract execution deadline is 90 days.
Proposals must be submitted by February 2, at 23:59, and bidders are required to keep them valid for 66 days from the end of that date.
