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Ferrovial Serviços Wins New Urban Services Contracts in Lisbon
Ferrovial Serviços was recently awarded two new contracts in the urban services sector in the Portuguese municipalities of Loures and Odivelas. The company will carry out the mechanical collection of containers and waste in the municipalities for local water and waste service authorities. For this new service, the company will use a professional, specialized team […]
Dugud, an App to Boost Recycling in Cities
At the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona, Ferrovial Services presented a mobile app that aims to boost recycling organic waste among residents. The mobile app, ‘Dugud,’ is still in the pilot phase and awards prizes to residents for earning points for good recycling practices. Residents will have an electronic key to put waste […]
Heathrow launches new trial to improve recycling rates at airports
Heathrow will kick-start a new trial turning unrecyclable plastic passenger waste – including food packaging and plastic film – into airport furniture, uniforms and lower-emission jet fuel by 2025. In a UK first, the airport will test a new recycling unit that will help solve the issue of waste from terminals and aircraft cabins for […]
Ferrovial Rises to 10th Place in Engineering News-Record’s Worldwide Ranking of Construction Companies
Each year, the specialized magazine, a leader in the infrastructure and construction sector, publishes its ranking of the 250 most important construction companies based on revenue from contracts coming from outside their countries of origin. In this way, they can measure the presence of those companies on the international market. In this year’s edition, Engineering […]
ReMAD: the New Platform Developed by Ferrovial Services that Encourages Madrilenians to Exchange Items
Madrid’s City Council has hired Ferrovial Services for special waste collection and residential sanitation services, and the new platform, www.remad.es, launched today. This initiative, promoted by Madrid’s Town Hall and developed by Ferrovial Services, aims for used objects to be exchanged and reused at municipal special waste collection sites. Through the online ReMAD platform, residents […]
Conclusion of Gamechangers&Cities: innovating to create sustainable, inclusive cities
The first round of the GameChangers&Cities social entrepreneurship programme to create sustainable cities, supported by Ferrovial Services Spain within the framework of its Strategic Plan for Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Innovation (PERCIS) 2018-2020, concluded on 2 July. The closing ceremony, held on 2 July at the BBVA Open Space in Madrid, was attended by […]
Ferrovial Services Participates in the European Project Secasol on Solar Sludge Drying
Ferrovial Services is participating in the European project Secasol, an environmental initiative led by the Provincial Council of Huelva, along with other participating entities from Spain and Portugal. This program, integrated into the 2014-2020 INTERREG VA Spain-Portugal Cooperation Programme (POCTEP), aims to apply solar energy to drying sludge from wastewater purification and from leachates household […]
The Etxebarri City Council Awards Ferrovial Services the Contract for Street Cleaning
Ferrovial Services recently secured the street cleaning contract in the municipality of Etxebarri, Bizkaia in the Basque Country for a duration of six years. This is the City Council’s most important contract in terms of its amount and impact, which includes an increase in quality of cleanliness in the municipality. The new contract will start in […]
Ferrovial Services Debuts Machinery for the Cleaning Contract in Coria del Río
Ferrovial Services recently debuted the 10 new vehicles and tools in the fleet for road cleaning and waste collection services in the Sevillian municipality of Coria del Río. New equipment includes three vacuum sweepers, one of which is 100% electric, four electric Goupils, two electric tricycles, a 3.5-ton tank truck, and electric trimmers and blowers. […]
Southampton Airport flies high with carbon footprint reduction
Southampton Airport has reduced its carbon footprint by saving more than 970 tonnes of carbon dioxide in the past 12 months, which is equivalent to flying a plane 210 times around the world. 2018 saw a 43% decrease in emissions despite the record number of two million passengers travelling through the airport for the last […]