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FCC Medio Ambiente renews the contract for waste collection, urban cleaning and sewage maintenance in Cornellà de Llobregat (Barcelona) After signing a contract valued at 100million euros, the company will once again be in charge of waste collection, street cleaning and sewerage in the Catalan town over the next decade. FCC Medio Ambiente has signed the renewal of the waste collec- tion, street cleaning and sewera- ge maintenance contract in Cor- nellà de Llobregat (Barcelona) for a period of ten years. The provi- sion of the service, and the con- tract, whose portfolio amounts to 100 million euros, will begin in July 2021. FCC Medio Ambiente has been linked to the Barcelona munici- pality of Cornellà for approxima- tely 35 years and, since then, has been providing services in these areas uninterruptedly. To serve the nearly 90,000 inha- bitants of the city and collect a total of approximately 6,151 tons of recyclables (packaging, paper and cardboard, FORM and glass) and 21,607 tons of residual was- te, the waste collection service will have a staff of 29 people and a renovated fleet of 21 collection and container cleaning vehicles. Innovative and pioneering system It should be noted that this is the first time that the company has im - plemented an innovative and pio- neering system of personalized opening with user identification by card for all the service containers. In addition, the contract includes the complete renewal of the con- tainer fleet, which includes 1,228 lateral units and 184 two-wheel 120/240L units. With the inertia of a consolidated service, which has been evolving year after year, a comprehensive reform of the central machinery park will be carried out with energy saving measures such as the ins- environment B U S I N E S S 11 B U S I N E S S