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A campaign seeks to multiply the collection of organic waste in the food markets (17/11/2020)

| The residents of La Flota and the merchants of the municipal markets already separate a ton of organic waste a day | The Murcia City Council launches the campaign 'Markets need more' to promote the use of the brown container for collecting organic waste, among merchants in the town's food markets.The Councilor for Sustainable Mobility and Youth, Rebeca Pérez; the councilor for Urban Agenda and Open Government, Mercedes Bernabé and the councilor for Commerce, Markets and Public Roads, Juan Fernando Hernández, visited the Vistabella market this morning where this new action has begun.Starting today, the biopatrols of the Road Cleaning and Waste Collection Service will visit the facilities of Verónicas, Vistabella, El Carmen, Cabezo de Torres, Espinardo, La Alberca, Saavera Fajardo and San Andrés, accompanied by the municipal inspectors of the Markets, in order to inform about what waste is organic, encourage separating at the stall to deposit it later in the brown containers and deliver aprons of the campaign to those merchants who participate in the initiative.Since last April, the food markets, with the exception of Saavedra Fajardo that will begin this week, have a brown container.In total, 200 kilograms of organic waste are collected daily in the markets and the objective is to increase this figure eightfold, reaching the target of 1,600 kilograms per day.In February, the month in which the brown containers were disposed of in La Flota, the daily average of kilos of organic waste collected was 745, a figure that has now increased to one ton per day.

Between 5% and 10% of the material is not organic waste.The production of waste in La Flota accounts for 80%, while that of the food markets is 20%.The Councilor for Sustainable Mobility and Youth, Rebeca Pérez, explained that "although the figures are good, we must continue working and raising awareness to meet the objectives set by Europe in favor of the circular economy.

We are launching this campaign aimed exclusively at the supply squares convinced that the environment concerns us and that it is in our hands to stop climate change, with an action as simple as better classifying the waste that we produce every day ”.A project with European funding and Circular EconomyThe Valuewaste project is funded by Horizon 2020, the leading research program of the European Commission, and aligned with one of the main objectives of the Green Deal or European Green Pact, within the Circular Economy Action Plan that the City Council is currently developing of Murcia and that will mean the transition towards a more sustainable and responsible economic model.In this sense, the councilor for Urban Agenda and Open Government, Mercedes Bernabé, head of the European Programs Service, recalled that “in Murcia we have about thirty initiatives that incorporate the circular economy in areas such as mobility, climate, water, waste management, Smart City or the Huerta.

Valuewaste is a clear example of this, a project that will be a milestone in the reuse of organic resources, making our municipality a more sustainable place.

And the fact is that this initiative is not an isolated event, the containers will be progressively extended to the rest of the neighborhoods and districts, thus contributing to a better use of our resources.This action is aligned with strategic objective number four on sustainable resource management and circular economy of the Spanish Urban Agenda ”.Juan Fernando Hernández, Councilor for Commerce, Markets and Public Roads, has indicated that “the food markets show our support for this project to convert organic waste into strategic economic resources, actively participating in the campaign.

It seems to us a new opportunity to value the commitment of both merchants and municipal employees in this type of initiative that seeks to improve our urban recycling systems.

"60,000 kilograms of protein flour of high biological valueThe ValueWaste project promoted by the European Union chose the city of Murcia to implement a pioneering community program to convert urban organic waste into strategic economic resources.This seeks a transition towards a circular economy, where the different waste products and materials can be put back into recovery within an economic cycle for as long as possible, in order to develop a sustainable economy, low in carbon, efficient and competitive.The City Council's Cleaning and Waste Collection Service, through the awarded company Cespa Servicios Urbanos, together with 16 other partners from 6 different countries involved in the project, are working together to develop an innovative concept for the reuse of organic waste.

Murcia City Council and Kalundborg City Council (Denmark) were chosen to carry out the pilot testsThe general objective of the project is to develop a system for the recovery of urban organic waste, demonstrating its technical and economic viability, through three recovery processes:- Pilot plant for the culture of methanotropic bacteria fed with biomethane, producing 80 tons of biomass per year, divided into four main products: proteins, peptides, fats and nucleic acids for animal and human consumption.- Pilot plant for the cultivation of black soldier fly, resulting in an annual production of 15 tons of larvae, which means around 6 tons of protein meal of high biological value, for animal and human consumption.- Pilot plant for the recovery of nutrients from the liquid after digestion of the effluent, to obtain 1 kg of ammonium sulfate per hour, for use as a fertilizer.With this project, which will be developed in four years, it is intended, in addition to raising awareness in Murcia about the need to recycle organic waste, to produce more than 60,000 kilograms of protein flour of high biological value, to revalue 1,800 tons of solid urban waste by year and reduce the emission of greenhouse gases (through the revaluation and production of biogas), by 540 tons of CO2 per year.29 brown containers in the FleetLast February, the first brown containers, 29 in total, for organic waste were installed in the streets of La Flota.

This neighborhood was chosen to start with the separation tests due to its high participation rates in selective collection.Said containers, with a capacity for 2,200 liters and a brown lid, were placed throughout the area, completing the selective collection system.What goes and does not go to the brown containerOrganic waste is considered fruit and vegetable waste, cooked food waste, egg shells, shellfish and nuts, coffee grounds and infusions or corks, matches and sawdust.Sweeping remains, hair, cigarette butts, gum, cooking oil, diapers and personal hygiene products, pet litter, dust ...Este nuevo contenedor de tapa marrón completa el sistema de reciclaje de Murcia que ya cuenta con un contenedor amarillo para envases ligeros de plástico, metal y bricks; un contenedor azul para papel y cartón; el iglú verde para el vidrio y los ecopuntos limpios para aceites, bombillas, tubos fluorescentes, pilas y baterías, botes vacíos de barniz o pintura, pequeña chatarra electrónica, radiografías, ropa y juguetes, etc.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia

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