RT Book, Section
T1 Decentralized composting of organic waste in a european rural region: a case study in Allariz (Galicia, Spain)
A1 Villar Comesaña, Iria
A1 Alves Comesaña, David
A1 Mato de la Iglesia, Salustiano
A1 Romero, Xosé Manuel
A1 Varela, Bernardo
A2 IntechOpen
K1 2414.90 Degradación de Residuos Vegetales
K1 3308.07 Eliminación de Residuos
K1 3308.02 Residuos Industriales
AB The inclusion of sustainability and circular economy principles, as well as the compliance of the European requirements in municipal  waste management, involves improving the waste separation, recovery and valorization. The current municipal solid waste  management system of Galicia (Northwestern Spain) that includes most of the municipalities involves the treatment of biowaste (mixed in the same container with the nonorganic rest fraction) in a single management facility. This biodegradable fraction, which accounts for 42% of the total amount of household waste, is treated by incineration for energy recovery. The local government of  Allariz (Galicia) undertook a project to implement a management model decentralized for biowaste separation and treatment through composting. Municipality structure (type of housing, urban and rural areas, etc.) made it necessary to implement different composting systems: home composters, community composting islands and a dynamic composter. During the first year of start-up of the management model, the level of citizen acceptance was adequate, biowaste was correctly segregated and good quality compost for soil fertilizer was obtained. So, a reduction of around 8% of the mixed waste sent to the centralized treatment facility was observed. The biowaste recovery had also resulted in a recycling improvement of all remainder fractions.
SN 9789535134855
YR 2017
FD 2017-09-06
LK http://hdl.handle.net/11093/4890
UL http://hdl.handle.net/11093/4890
LA eng
NO En Mihai, Florin-Constantin (Ed.) Solid Waste Management in Rural Areas (53-79)
DS Investigo
RD 10-sep-2024