Angel Montanes, General Director of Environmental Change and the Fight against Climate Change, concludes this round of meetings in Tenerife, which aims to coordinate between the Government of the Canary Islands and the island companies.
Among the topics to be discussed were the circular economy strategy and its various projects, what the future circular economy legislation will be.
Angel Montanez, General Director of the fight against environmental change and climate change, meets Blanca Pérez, consultant for the natural environment, sustainability, security and emergencies, with the aim of promoting the circular economy. Addresses issues such as islands, future circular economy legislation and various projects. The visit joins Montanes in recent weeks in which he held meetings with all island councils.
The General Director explained that the level of development of the 2021-2023 circular economy action plan was “analyzed” in meetings with various island institutions, where, as he pointed out, “we had a high level of ignorance and the lack of coordination of the previous regional administrator.” Something that, as he points out, confirms that “of the more than 160 actions included in that plan, not even ten percent have been fulfilled”, “the Canary Islands have lost four years in terms of the circular economy.” .
“Now we have laid the foundations for this integration and we can make sure that both the Government of the Canary Islands and the Councils are compatible to “move from linearity to circularity”, explained “we” from the Ministry. What are the Councils' priorities in terms of sustainability to incorporate them into the Action Plan for the next 3 years? We have discussed that.
Finally, Montañés took the opportunity to announce the road map of the Ministry, saying that “now is the time to meet regularly with the municipalities and social agents to learn about their plans and requests and to ensure that the economy of the Canary Islands is finally circular”.
Blanca Pérez, Advisor of the Natural Environment, Sustainability, Security and Emergency Area of the Cabildo of Tenerife, Alejandro Moloni, Insular Director of Waste, and part of his technical team also attended the meeting.
At the meeting, the consultant assured, “The circular economy is not only that we recycle, but with the help of the government and the council, we encourage companies that recycle in our islands, because what is inefficient from an environmental point of view. We cannot give a new life to the waste, so we have to create a recycling industry in the Canary Islands”, he noted, “an effort that must start from the coordination between the councils and the Government of the Canary Islands”. .
Within the framework of this meeting, various issues such as review of Circular Economy Strategy 2021-2030 and its different programs and future Circular Economy Act were discussed. As Montañes explained, “currently there are many measures aimed at achieving this circularity of the economy, which must be implemented in a coordinated manner without waiting for a law”, pointing out that “these measures must be led by the Ministry of Change. Ecology and Energy, other parts of the regional government, cabildos, city councils and Covering the social and manufacturing sectors, we have already held more than thirty meetings.”
Finally, the Director-General addressed the issue of the future law, explaining that the current draft of the law “does not have the necessary legal certainty, and the Advisory Committee's opinion on the draft law has also been highlighted.” “We have started this discussion with councils to make the necessary contributions that reflect the uniqueness of each island reality, and to create synergies that will help us create a more realistic, dynamic and effective regulatory text.”
