The recycling of steel and copper allows the Raw Materials Recovery Company (ERMP by its Spanish initials) of the province of Ciego de Ávila to achieve productive linkages with entities that ensure the national housing construction program.

Manuel Rieche González, general director of that entity, emphasized that the steel is destined, fundamentally, to the rod factories; meanwhile, copper favors the production of electric cables and other elements necessary for the completion of buildings.

The collection of electronic scrap metal, mainly in facilities of the Jardines del Rey tourist destination, allows the reuse of the screws in the building (to fix light covers and assemble doors and shutters).

This industry promotes the recycling of non-ferrous metals (steel, copper, aluminum, bronze) to satisfy the demands of the national economy and promote exports by generating more than three million pesos per month, as a result mostly from the sale of copper.

The ERMP of Ciego de Ávila, declared National Vanguard in the period 2017-2018 and Victoria Collective in 2010 and 2020, has 10 basic recovery units, 15 buying houses distributed in the 10 municipalities and is associated with a non-agricultural cooperative dedicated to recycling activity.

Kendry Mastrapa Diéguez, director of operations, stressed that the acquisition of electric tricycles expands the possibilities of recovery in the municipalities of Primero de Enero, Majagua, Bolivia, Ciego de Ávila, Morón, Baraguá and Venezuela, by allowing an approach to popular councils to make purchases, in a context marked by mobility limitations imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.