Recycling Turned into Million Dollar Savings in Sancti Spiritus

Eight-million dollar savings were possible last year in Sancti Spiritus’s Raw Material Provincial Company, thanks to the results attained in the substitution of imports and the enhancement of local goods for exportation.

According to the entity’s executives, in 2011 the programs were fulfilled beyond plans, especially the commercialization of paper, cardboard, glass, textiles, copper, bronze and aluminium. The reprocessing of used materials is in fact an important contribution to the Cuban economy.

There are 19 stores in the territory for the buying of used items from the population. These places have turned into a fundamental part in the country’s policy to encourage recycling.

The reprocessing of used materials is in fact an important contribution to the Cuban economy.