Ecoparc 4 of the Barcelona metropolitan area is a waste treatment plant that belongs to the ECOP4RC Consortium. It's main function is to recover waste collected in the grey containers (refuse) and the brown containers (organic matter) of 48 municipalities in the Barcelona metropolitan area, Anoia and Baix Llobregat.
This plant was built between 2008 and 2010. In 2010 performance tests were conducted and in 2011 it started to work at full capacity.
Although the ECOP4RC Consortium owns the plant, it was built and it is managed by two private businesses: CESPA, SA built it and Ecoparc de Can Mata, SL manages it.
To minimize the impact of this plant on its surroundings, landscape integration has been carefully crafted: