24/09/2025
This summer, Althenia Sando has provided for the first time the service of Waste collection, Street cleaning and beach maintenance along the Costa de Granada, specifically in the Autonomous Local Entity of Carchuna–Calahonda.
According to the Local Council of Carchuna–Calahonda (ELA), this new service has significantly improved the cleanliness of streets and beaches, with three clear objectives: optimising operations, incorporating innovation to enhance control and traceability, and increasing the versatility of services.
Althenia Sando has introduced a side‑loading collection system in both municipalities, providing cleaner, faster waste collection, while directly reducing odours and insects. The company has also begun collecting new brown containers intended exclusively for organic waste.
As part of its commitment to environmental care, Althenia Sando uses 100% electric auxiliary vehicles for litter collection, cleaning, and beach maintenance tasks.
Althenia Sando offers a comprehensive waste collection and transport service that includes household and selective collection of biowaste. The contract also covers cleaning, deodorisation and disinfection of containers, and the removal of bulky household items from public spaces.
This work is carried out with specialised vehicles, such as a 26‑tonne side‑loading compactor truck; a multi‑lift crane truck with grab for underground containers; a hot‑water high‑pressure cleaning van; and smaller auxiliary vehicles for container collection and cleaning.
Street cleaning is performed using three methods: mechanical sweeping, manual sweeping and water spraying. The contract also covers special clean‑ups during festivals and commercial events.
For proper operation, Althenia Sando has deployed specific machinery, including a sweeper for Roads and pavements and a hot‑water high‑pressure cleaner for removing stains and dirt, such as pet waste. Manual sweeping teams are equipped with leaf blowers to increase efficiency, and brush cutters to remove spontaneous vegetation.
Finally, on the beaches of Carchuna and Calahonda, Althenia Sando carries out sand cleaning, waste collection from bins and containers, and maintenance of beach equipment such as wooden walkways, showers and toilets. For this work, the company uses a tractor, a beach sifter and a high‑pressure cleaning van.
In line with Sando’s Sustainability Master Plan, Althenia Sando applies in this service its commitment to a business model based on value creation, with Sustainability as a key driver of competitiveness.
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