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We are a public company, 51% owned by the Galician Autonomous Government (Xunta de Galicia) and 49% by Naturgy. The company was founded in 1992 in response to the need for global, shared and committed action to protect the environment and deliver municipal waste management solutions.
Taking the European waste hierarchy based on the 3+1R principle (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Repurpose) as our benchmark and with EU backing in the form of Cohesion Funds, our company is spearheading sustainable waste management, whilst also contributing to economic growth and social cohesion.
mission
We cover the whole of Galicia.
We incorporate state-of-the-art technologies to our industrial processes.
We include the European waste hierarchy principles: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Repurpose.
We deliver the same service and apply the same charges to all member local authorities.
model
We seek to optimise the entire system through an extensive network of infrastructures that allows waste to be transferred and transported (by train or road) to the Environmental Complex in Cerceda (A Coruña), where it is processed: the recyclable materials are sorted and later sent to recycling centres and the non-recyclable fraction is converted into electricity.
Our programme of visits to our industrial infrastructures, training sessions targeting various groups, leadership of environmental projects, collaboration agreements with other Spanish and international organisations, as well as our commitment to transparency and the dissemination of information in the media, all form the bases of SOGAMA’s work to raise citizen’s social awareness.
environmental education
Cutting-edge
infrastructures
The innovative Environmental Complex in Cerceda (A Coruña), which articulates all SOGAMA’s activity, is the core of a capillary network that extends throughout the country, comprising 37 transfer plants that receive the black and yellow waste bags sorted by type.
The company, which executes the strategy of Galician Autonomous Government (Xunta de Galicia), is currently working on the construction and operation of infrastructures for the valorisation of organic waste collected in brown bins for its potential transformation into compost. This network will include four bio-waste plants (one per province) and 13 transfer plants for the differentiated transfer of this waste fraction. The goal is to ensure that practically all local authorities adhered to SOGAMA are within 50 kilometres of one of these plants.
Circularity
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SOGAMA model
Our activity is centred on the fractions deposited in yellow bins (cans, cartons and plastic packaging), brown bins (organic material) and conventional bins (other waste).
Items placed in blue bins (paper and cardboard), green igloo bins (glass) and other waste products such as batteries, electrical appliances and oils, etc., are handled directly by authorised management companies in accordance with their type.
On arrival at the Environmental Complex, each fraction undergoes differentiated procedures, in order to ensure that all the waste products handled are transformed into resources, thereby completing the sustainability circle.
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SOGAMA delivers its services to 94% of Galicia’s local authorities
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Serving more than 2 million people
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Capacity to handle 1 million tons of municipal solid waste each year
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The energy generated by SOGAMA accounts for 12% of the total amount consumed by Galician households
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Direct and indirect jobs
Contact
Morzós, 10 • As Encrobas • 15187
Cerceda (A Coruña) / Tlf.: 981 698 500
Fax: 981 686 064
Citizen service
