OPINION | Podemos Xàbia
Ever since the first major green waste fire in Ramblars almost 10 years ago, Podem Xàbia has been demanding the installation of a municipally owned biomass plant. Then, in 2021, another fire broke out, lasting more than two months (and it certainly won't be the last). Now the town hall The fee for disposing of garden waste has increased by 872%, angering professional gardeners and jeopardizing their businesses. Individuals with fields or gardens are also unlikely to be happy. Garden waste is a problem in Xàbia.
A biomass plant would turn that problem into an asset, providing the following advantages:
- It produces energy in the form of heat, electricity or methane (=gas) which can be used, for example, to heat the municipal swimming pool and supply local homes or industry with electricity.
- Waste is an excellent fertilizer that can be returned to the gardens and fields of Xàbia.
- The cycle is sustainable because it has zero emissions.
- Creates skilled jobs
- We do not depend on external companies that are paid more than one million euros a year to take it away.
- Hundreds of trucks would stop driving on the roads, along with the corresponding pollution, by transporting waste to other places.
The PP itself takes a step (in theory) in that direction since in the Infrastructure section of its Action Plan for the government of Xàbia it states: «75. Composting plant to reuse and transform plant waste».
It would be good if they fulfilled their own proposal and then took it a step further.
We believe it is time to invest some money (from the surplus the city council has), transforming an unproductive expense into an investment and a sustainable asset to turn the problem of green waste into an exemplary asset generating clean energy.
It seems like a very good idea. It is sustainable, ecological and especially welcomes diners to the town hall and streets of Xàbia.
Of course it is, and it's the best solution, but it will take another 25 years before we do it.
Now they're removing the few green containers we had! This completely environmentally unfriendly action will only make the situation worse!
I've always wondered why in the Valencian Community, where there is so much organic waste—gardening waste, vegetables and fruits that die in the orchards, in addition to household waste (which is still not very actively managed by the population)—it isn't used for biomass production?