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Torrevieja strengthens the care of its green areas with twice as many professionals and three times as many vehicles.

05.05.2025
Torrevieja strengthens the care of its green areas with twice as many professionals and three times as many vehicles.
The City Council will create 90,000 square metres of new green areas over the next few years and plant more than 15,000 trees. The number of professionals assigned to the service will double, going from 59 to 113, while the number of vehicles and machinery will triple, from 25 to 68 units. The contract covers the maintenance of 362 public spaces, including parks, gardens, squares, sports areas and play areas, totaling more than 2 million square metres, which represents an increase of 800,000 square metres compared to the areas currently maintained, which amount to 1.2 million square metres.

Torrevieja joins Earth Hour on Saturday, March 22, with the switching off of the lights in five emblematic squares of the city.

17.03.2025
Torrevieja joins Earth Hour on Saturday, March 22, with the switching off of the lights in five emblematic squares of the city.
The city of Torrevieja will join Earth Hour next Saturday, March 22nd, with the switching off of public lighting in five iconic squares: Plaza de la Constitución, Plaza Miguel Hernández, Plaza del Centro Cultural Virgen del Carmen, Plaza de Oriente, and Plaza de Encarnación Puchol de La Mata. All lights in these squares will remain off from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Neuroscience, mathematics that surrounds us, practical yoga and the heritage of our garden make up the content of the UNED-Torrevieja open university for the next course

21.05.2024
Neuroscience, mathematics that surrounds us, practical yoga and the heritage of our garden make up the content of the UNED-Torrevieja open university for the next course
Experts in the different disciplines will teach four programs starting next October after the inauguration of the new 2024-2025 academic year. The Open University is a teaching initiative resulting from the existing collaboration between the UNED and the Torrevieja City Council in terms of training.

Torrevieja competes to win "the recycling challenge" of Ecoembes

09.05.2024
Torrevieja competes to win "the recycling challenge" of Ecoembes
On May 22, 23 and 24, the Recycling Challenge team will visit Torrevieja. An initiative in which, in addition to Ecoembes, the Department of Environment, Water, Infrastructure and Territory and the Vega Baja Sostenible Consortium of the province of Alicante participate