Ecatar Canarias SLU

The company ECATAR Canarias for waste management, highlighting its participation in the partial management of the Container Selection Plant of the Arico Environmental Complex (Tenerife) until July 2009.

ECATAR is accredited by the Government of the Canary Islands as an authorized manager to carry out the operations of Collection, Transport, Storage and Recovery of hazardous and non-hazardous waste: used vegetable oil, paper and cardboard waste, textile waste, bulky waste, and hazardous and non-hazardous waste from electrical and electronic equipment, batteries and accumulators, and other waste.

n addition, since 2005, ECATAR has been classified as an Insertion Company and is integrated into the Canary Islands Network of Insertion Companies (ADEICAN) and with it in the Federation of Business Associations of Insertion Companies (FAEDEI).

Since 2013, ECATAR Canarias has the ISCC (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification) certification for the management of Used Cooking Oil (UCO).

ECATAR Canarias has certified, since 2014, a quality system in accordance with the UNEEN ISO 9001: 2008 standards (Management of Hazardous and Non-Hazardous Waste), and an environmental management system in accordance with the UNEEN ISO 14001: 2004 standards (Management of Hazardous and Non-Hazardous Waste).

Since January 2015, ECATAR Canarias, like Ecoinser, partially manages the Todo Uno Public Classification Plant of the Tenerife Environmental Complex, in Arico, both as subcontracted companies of the concessionaire.

Furthermore, ECATAR Canarias participates in the waste management carried out in the Ataretaco industrial warehouse in El Mayorazgo, an activity carried out together with Selecatar.

It should be noted that, since 2016, ECATAR has carried out the activity of collection and temporary storage of WEEE, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, in Gran Canaria, currently having the capacity to provide service on all the islands, not only in the capital cities .

As a company of the ATARETACO Foundation, it promotes social and environmental values, in its concern and defense of the environment and the well-being of the most vulnerable groups in society.

After fifteen years of tireless activity, ECATAR Canarias is highly regarded in the sector, thanks to an economic and productive evolution based on a philosophy of innovation and continuous improvement, which allows it to position itself as one of the strongest companies in the sector, and provide service together with the other group companies in, for example, 24 of the 31 municipalities of Tenerife or the main hotel chains.

Working with the companies of the ATARETACO Foundation, the quality of environmental management is improved, strengthening the business image through Corporate Social Responsibility .