July 2017 website: gremirecuperacio.org

Currently the Guilds It has more than 250 associated companies between wholesalers and retailers, a figure that represents 70% of the companies in the sector in Catalonia that manage more than 90% of the material that is recovered in this autonomous community.

This situation gives our entity great independence and objectivity when working and taking care of the interests of the members.

The materials recovered by the associated companies are: Steel, iron, aluminum, copper, lead, paper and cardboard, glass, plastics, end-of-life vehicles, drums, wood, tires and textiles.

Throughout these years, waste managers have gone from collecting all types of materials to specializing in one type of waste and have become producers of the secondary raw material that supplies the industry for the production of new objects. or materials.

Waste managers, apart from the economic weight they have in society, the majority of companies being family SMEs, represent energy savings and extend the life of the planet by avoiding the extraction of raw materials from nature.

The Gremi is the support/guide to facilitate the day-to-day life of recoverers, keep them informed of current legislation, help them update, provide specific training on the management of WEEE, Plastics, etc. and resolve doubts or anything that concerns to the recoverers.