During the last year, the district has taken part in more than ten meetings with local people and businesses, as well as some technical walks to identify needs and check the effectiveness of improvements on the ground. This joint work has enabled steps to be applied such as the installation of new litter bins (including anti-seagull models), more cleaning in busy spaces and the reorganisation of green points and containers.

The plan includes a significant increase in cleaning services, particularly mixed watering and treatment combined with sweeping and mechanical cleaning, which from now on will be applied consecutively to improve results. Cleaning of the outside of containers and pneumatic container systems will also be stepped up, doubling or quadrupling frequency depending on the time of year. In parallel, damage to paving has been identified and repaired where it hampered maintenance tasks.

Another notable line is the improvement in cleaning urine, with daily actions and the inclusion of deodorant and disinfectants. Cleaning hours around schools have been adjusted to ensure they are clean when students enter and leave schools. Waste collection is also being stepped up in areas where people spend the night, in coordination with the City Police.

To improve selective waste collection, new mobile recycling points will be added in the autumn this year with support and supervision staff. In addition, 36 new litter bins have been added, increasing the overall available capacity by 8%. As for furniture collections, each neighbourhood will have its own day of the week for this to facilitate compliance and reduce dumping outside of hours.

The fight against anti-social behaviour is one of the main points of the plan. The pilot project helped cut the amount of abandoned waste bags by between 30% and 42%, particularly in the old nucleus and El Raval. In 2025, over 75,000 square metres of graffiti was cleaned and the number of streets with recurrent graffiti cleaning was increased to 96. Information campaigns numbered 43 and over 1,900 inspections were conducted in the realm of commercial waste too.

With this set of measures, Ciutat Vella reaffirms its commitment to a cleaner, friendlier and more orderly public space, consolidating an area of work that combines the improvement of services, collaboration with local people and a firm stance on anti-social behaviour. The district thus continues towards a more efficient and sustainable model that guarantees the best urban quality for all its neighbourhoods.