Cities managed by FCC are the cleanest in Spain

The cities of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Bilbao, Pamplona, San Sebastián, Oviedo, Vigo, Castellón de la Plana, Laredo (Cantabria) and the Ribera grouping of municipalities (Navarra), all of which are cleaned by Spanish construction firm FCC, have received the Platinum Broom awards as the cleanest cities in Spain.

The Platinum Broom is the highest award granted every two years by ATEGRUS (Technical Association for the Management of Waste and the Environment) in order to disseminate best practices in waste management and city cleaning, project design and the development of technologies for sustainable management of our environment; it also awards Silver and Gold Brooms and Special Mentions.

FCC first began working in urban sanitation in 1915 with a waste collection contract in Barcelona; today it is a leader in the sector. Other urban sanitation contracts in Spain followed and, at the end of 1980, it began to expand abroad. FCC operates in over 5,000 municipalities in Europe, Africa and Latin America.

EASY jet…. are here in Gran Canaria

The low-cost airline EASY jet, are using the Las Palmas, Gran Canaria airport at last. They are currently only flying to and from Geneva, but the sight of one of their jets on the tarmac has sent air waves around the island. The word is that it will not be long before they have a toe-hold on some flight slots from the UK.
That will have repercussions across the industry, and all the other budget fliers will want to be part of this huge marketplace. More cheap flights will signal another boom in every aspect of the flourishing economy of Gran Canaria.
Watch this space for further developments, and talk to our team in Mogan about your flight dates.