Fuerteventura Island Council has awarded FCC Medio Ambiente the contract for lot 1 for the management of the Zurita Environmental Compound, the first waste treatment and recycling centre operated entirely by the company in the Canary Islands. The contract will serve 124,000 inhabitants for the next three years, with two possible one-year extensions. This award goes hand in hand with the contract for lot 2 for the collection of paper and cardboard and light packaging on the island and its transport to the environmental compound, awarded and put into operation in 2023. It should be noted that these two contracts were already operated by FCC Medio Ambiente in the first decade of the 21st century.  

The compound will treat 165,862 tonnes of waste annually and will employ 25 people. The new contract includes investments to improve the facilities, machinery and management software. The most important points are the installation of a photovoltaic plant, improvements to the paved areas, and the implementation of a telescopic grapple crane and a container lorry, among others. FCC Medio Ambiente is also planning to start up a second light packaging treatment line, a weather station and the introduction of technical improvements to existing lines. It is worth mentioning the installation of photovoltaic panels which, together with the use of energy from the biogas produced, seeks to promote self-consumption at the compound, showcasing the company's commitment to the use of energy from renewable sources at all its plants.

The facility boasts a Light Packaging Sorting and Recovery Plant with a capacity of up to 4 tonnes per hour, a Mobile Sorting and Recovery Plant for Construction and Demolition Waste, a landfill for non-hazardous waste, as well as a storage and pressing area for paper and cardboard, a multi-purpose shredder for bulky waste and a temporary storage area for hazardous waste as a small producer.

The contract also includes a plan for educational visits that will provide information on the activities carried out at the compound and offer training in the sustainable management of resources, such as waste prevention, waste segregation at source, and water and energy saving. In this line of social sustainability, the current perimeter cleaning of the compound is carried out by the Association of Disabled People of Fuerteventura ADISFUER, to which personnel from FCC EQUAL, a special employment centre for groups at risk of exclusion, promoted by FCC Medio Ambiente, will be added in a few months.

During the course of the contract, the Council also plans to build a leachate treatment plant, an all-in-one bag sorting plant and a composting plant.