Environmental Quality modifies the authorization of the Salinetas glass factory

The General Directorate of Environmental Quality of the Government of the Canary Islands has modified the integrated environmental authorization of the Fábrica de vidrieras canarias, a facility owned by Vidrieras Canarias, S.A. (VICSA) and located in the Salinetas industrial estate, in the municipality of Telde, island of Gran Canaria. The decision was adopted via Resolution No. 756, of October 20, 2026, and was made public in the Official Gazette of the Canary Islands (Boletín Oficial de Canarias) No. 223, of November 9, 2026 (Section V, Other announcements, page 40495, announcement 3857), through an announcement from the General Directorate dated October 21, 2026.

The publication of the agreement complies with Article 24.3 of the consolidated text of the Law on integrated pollution prevention and control, approved by Royal Legislative Decree 1/2016, of December 16, a provision that requires autonomous communities to insert administrative resolutions in their official gazettes whenever integrated environmental authorizations have been granted, substantially modified, or revised, identifying the affected facility in the announcement.

The processing is channeled through the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Energy, upon which the issuing body depends, and affects three administrative files linked to the plant:

• AAI-17-LP/001-2026
• AAI-17-LP/002-2026
• AAI-17-LP/003-2026

The object of the resolution

The published text specifies that Resolution No. 756, issued on October 20, 2026, modifies the integrated environmental authorization of the facility named “Fábrica de vidrieras canarias”, located in the Salinetas industrial estate, in the municipality of Telde, island of Gran Canaria, and owned by the entity Vidrieras Canarias, S.A.

The integrated environmental authorization is the instrument that concentrates, in a single administrative ruling, the operating conditions of industrial facilities subject to integrated pollution prevention and control regulations, such that the published resolution impacts the operating regime of the plant and the obligations that the company must fulfill before the regional environmental administration.

Two operative points

The announcement reproduces the two sections of the agreement from the General Directorate of Environmental Quality:

• To make public Resolution No. 756, of October 20, 2026, by which the integrated environmental authorization of the facility is modified.
• To publish the announcement in the Official Gazette of the Canary Islands.

The document specifies that the full text of the resolution is available on the web portal of the Regional Ministry of Ecological Transition and Energy, where it can be downloaded via the link provided for this purpose in the announcement itself. In this way, the complete content of the new conditions remains accessible electronically, while only the reference and the act of publicity are published in the official bulletin.

Signing Authority and Location

The announcement is signed in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, on October 21, 2026, by the Director General of Environmental Quality, Ángel Pablo Montañés Ríos, and is inserted in section V of the Official Gazette of the Canary Islands, dedicated to announcements rather than general provisions.

The affected facility is located in the Salinetas industrial estate, on the industrial coastline of the municipality of Telde, an area that concentrates manufacturing and logistics activity in the east of Gran Canaria and where industrial facilities coexist with nearby residential centers, placing the decision within the scope of interest for both businesses and residents.

The modification is not accompanied in the announcement by data regarding deadlines for allegations or a new public information process: the published act is a publicity notice of a resolution already adopted by the regional environmental body.

The update of the authorization framework for the Salinetas glass factory arrives via the regional official bulletin and leaves the full content in the hands of the Ministry’s portal, such that the conditions applicable to the plant can only be known in detail by referring to that text. For the industrial environment of Telde and for the neighborhood organizations of the coastline, the publication is the formal reference that allows for the verification of which environmental control regime now governs a manufacturing facility settled in the Salinetas industrial estate.

Source: Official Gazette of the Canary Islands, no. 223, of November 9, 2026, section V (Other announcements), page 40495 (official reference: announcement no. 3857).