The circular economy and local employment are two inseparable pillars of Movilex’s model. Its activity generates real employment, talent development, and economic growth in the municipalities where it operates, turning responsible management of technological waste into a tangible driver of local development.
Local Plants, Real Impact
Movilex’s facilities are strategically located in small and medium-sized municipalities, where the presence of a specialized industrial company has a particularly significant effect on the local productive fabric.
- Movilex Badajoz (Lobón): 54 direct jobs in a municipality of just over 2,700 inhabitants. The plant is one of the main employers in the area, with profiles ranging from technical operators to materials recovery specialists.
- Movilex Valencia (Sollana): 37 professionals specialized in electronic waste treatment, actively contributing to the economy of the Ribera Baixa region.
- Movilex Barcelona (El Pont de Vilomara i Rocafort): 11 direct jobs, with a high proportion of technical profiles specialized in classification and recovery of critical materials.
- Movilex Alicante: active presence in the province, adding treatment capacity and qualified employment in the southeastern peninsula.
Each of these facilities also generates a multiplier effect on the local economy: logistics providers, maintenance services, specialized supplies, and auxiliary companies that benefit indirectly from Movilex’s activity in their area.
Training and Employability as Pillars of the Model
Movilex does not only create employment—it invests in its quality. The company develops continuous training programs for its teams, ensuring that professionals acquire advanced skills in areas such as:
- WEEE treatment and classification according to European regulations
- Materials recovery and critical component retrieval
- Industrial safety and environmental management
- Traceability and quality control systems
This commitment to training strengthens the long-term employability of workers and raises the level of specialization in the sector in the regions where Movilex operates, contributing to light reindustrialization processes adapted to each territory’s capabilities.
The Circular Economy as a Lever for Regional Development
Beyond direct employment, Movilex’s presence drives what economists call endogenous economic development: a region’s capacity to grow by leveraging its own resources and capabilities, in this case through specialization in a high-value-added industrial sector such as technological recycling.
The demand for local services and suppliers, from transport to specialized supplies, generates additional opportunities that strengthen the regional productive ecosystem. At the same time, compliance with high environmental and safety standards attracts demanding business clients, creating a virtuous circle of quality, employment, and sustainable growth.
In this sense, the circular economy ceases to be an abstract concept and becomes a measurable economic reality: more employment, more training, more responsible industrial activity in territories that might otherwise remain outside the main industrial investment flows.
Responsible WEEE Management, Shared Benefit
Movilex’s activity demonstrates that proper management of electronic waste is not only a legal or environmental obligation—it is also an opportunity for economic and social development for the communities where treatment plants are installed.
Each tonne of WEEE managed correctly represents recovered materials that return to the production cycle, avoided emissions, and above all, quality jobs in municipalities that need them.
If your company generates electronic waste and you want to know how to manage it in a certified and responsible manner, consult our WEEE management services or contact our team.
Movilex’s commitment to the circular economy translates into concrete data: over 100 direct jobs distributed across four autonomous communities, zero untreated waste, and recovered materials that return to the production cycle. A commitment to the circular economy that generates value where it is most needed.