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residents of the
the Old Town, was
considered unfeasible for many reasons including its
small size and lack
of access.
The funds will now
be directed to the
modern auditorium.

Xàbia
glass
award

‘Animal therapy’
receives scheme launched
recycling in Xàbia

The recycling company, Ecovidrio has
presented
Xàbia
with an award in
recognition of the
amount of glass recycled during last
summer - some
783,820 kg. In
2014.

The question remains as what to
do with the old cinema.
A total of 1,499,070
kilograms of reSome ideas have cycled glass was
been a youth cente, collected
which
company
hot- equates to 51.6
house, extension of kilograms per resithe museum.
dentTopics which will This year saw a
be discussed by the 12% increase in reCulture Consulta- cycled glass.
tive Committee.
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From: Xabia al Día Javeamigos

A
pioneering
‘animal
therapy’
charity in Xàbia has
launched its first
session by bringing trained dogs
into an elderly Day
Centre the “Centro
de Día”. Thanks to a
€10,000 grant from
the La Caixa bank
social fund, new
association ASISCAN, based inXàbia has started two
weekly sessions at
the centre, mainly
treating users with
dementia or who
are physically disabled due to old
age and spend a lot
of time alone. This
is the first ‘animal
therapy’ scheme to
be launched on the
Costa Blanca and