Invasor – September 10
By Lubia Ulloa Trujillo
Over 300 tons of paper and cardboard were delivered by the Raw Material Enterprise from Ciego de Ávila to be used in the production of tiles for the houses damaged by hurricanes Gustav and Ike.

The contribution will have the tile factory, located in Camagüey province, increase its production rate, which is extremely necessary given the high number of roofs that were destroyed all over Cuba, especially on the western side of the territory.

The provincial enterprise also gathered over 80 tons of glass, which were allocated to the La Lisa glass plant in Havana for the elaboration of dinner sets and decoration items; and 65 tons of car batteries that will be sent to the FUNALCO foundry, also in Havana, to recycle the lead.

Odelaisy Fiol Rodríguez, the provincial director of Raw Material in Ciego de Ávila, informed that the sector retrieves 20 kinds of materials, among which the highest values correspond to scrap steel and cast iron. Those materials are provided to Laminados, an enterprise in The Tunas province devoted to the production of iron bars.

Other items recovered by the sector are aluminium, brass, copper, tires, wood and steel, besides plastic and electronic wastes originated by the substitution of old refrigerators and television sets for more efficient appliances.

The Association of Cuban Raw Material Enterprises enlarged the variety of recyclable products this year, in order to strengthen the economy of the country and minimize the convertible currency expenses.

The origination of those enterprises was the initiative of the Commander Ernesto Che Guevara in November 1961, which project he encouraged to help the substitution of imports. (acn)