Market plans to beat the heat

ONE of the largest markets in Andalucia is trying something different by opening at night when the heat of the day has subsided to attract more people and get them to stay.

The El Arenal street market, the largest organised in the Cordoban capital, is being badly affected this summer by the high temperatures. When it gets too hot, customers go home to escape the heat, wrote a news source.

With temperatures in excess of 40 degrees Celsius, it isn’t wise to be going out in the streets when the sun is at its hottest, something that is forecast for the next few weeks.

According to the Association of Street Traders of Cordoba (Comacor): “People come from eight to 10 or 11 in the morning, then they leave.

“Older people can’t be out here in the heat,” it is believed that sellers are potentially losing up to 50 per cent of their takings. Faced with this situation, they have asked the city council to try and schedule the market for a different, cooler time.

So on Friday, July 21 the market will be held at night, from 8.00pm until 1.00am, instead of its usual time, when it’s normally all wrapped up by 2.00pm.

Many regular customers have welcomed the idea and it is hoped that traders too will be able to sell more, and at the same time be working in more comfortable working conditions.

SEVENTY ­ FOUR PER CENT of Spanish consumers consider environmental issues important in their purchase decision, according to the latest AECOC Shopperview report.

In addition, 50 per cent of Spanish society has stopped buying products from brands that they consider unsustainable, and has even changed establishments to continue buying cheaper sustainable products.

Cinta Bosch, AECOC Sustainability Manager, confirmed: “Even at a time like the present, in which the price factor is decisive in the purchase decision, consumers demand healthy, convenient and sustainable products.

“In fact, eight out of 10 distribution companies in Spain use recyclable or reusable plastic in their products or processes and 34 per cent of them plan to increase their use.”

“In addition, 95 per cent of them have measures for the separation or recovery of waste.”

BIRD strikes although not an everyday hazard can be extremely dangerous and on the morning of Sunday July 16, Vueling 2112 aborted prior to take off from Barcelona El Prat Airport.

As the Airbus A320 was speeding down the runway, a bird flew into one of its engines and the pilot decided that it was safer to apply brakes at full power rather than continue the take off whilst the plane was around two thirds of the way down the runway.

AIR quality in Spain in 2022 shows improvement compared to the previous year.

The Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge has just published the 2022 Air Quality Assessment Report for Spain which presents the results that will be reported to the European Commission before September 30.

The report details the situation in each of the air quality zones with respect to the legislated values. It aims to give an overview of air quality, as well as describe how air quality is assessed and managed.

The report incorporates a climatological summary of the year with data produced by the State Meteorological Agency, including episodes of Saharan dust intrusions.

Overall, the results show improvement compared to the number of times the values were exceeded in 2021.

Although the annual limit value for nitrogen dioxide