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| The Caà ± ada Hermosa Waste Treatment Center starts up the digester of the material pretreatment plant organization for the recovery of this waste, framed in the European project of circular Economy ValueWaste | Murcians have deposited 218,000 kilos of organic waste in the brown container since it became operational at the end of last February. The Councilor for Sustainable Mobility and Youth, Rebeca Pà © rez, and the Councilor for Urban Agenda and Open Government, Mercedes Bernabà ©, visited the Caà ± ada Hermosa waste treatment plant this morning, managed by Ferrovial Servicios, where they have been able to know first-hand the process applied to this differentiated collection fraction. The organic waste from the brown containers enters the Caà ± ada Hermosa enclosure, and after weighing it on the entrance scale, it is deposited in the unloading area. Once the installation is started, the shovel feeds the hopper with this material, which, in the first place, passes through the bag breaker and the magnetic separator to reach the tromel, a cylindrical sieve that classifies the appropriate material for its passage to the digester. Once the organic matter is placed in the digester, a closed and impermeable cylindrical container, it is mixed with water.

This mixture, through the anaerobic fermentation of the microorganisms, is degraded obtaining several products: biogas, with a high content of methane, which can be used as fuel; Struvite, an organic-mineral fertilizer and lastly, the solid digestate that will be used as food for the fly breeding plant. The next step will be carried out in a pilot plant for the rearing of black soldier flies, which produces dry larvae, transformed into flour with a high protein content, which will start its life, according to the forecasts, before spring. Murcia, at the forefront of waste treatment This project places Murcia at the forefront in the treatment of waste, allowing with the technology applied there to use resources efficiently, turning waste into resources, putting the technology and research carried out in this center at the service of sustainability. It is funded by the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program and seeks solutions to problems such as bio-waste management.

At the same time, research is being done on alternative sources for human and animal nutrition. Councilor Rebeca PÃ © rez, highlights that "the evolution of the project is very positive since the waste collected is of quality, which shows that Murcians who use the brown container do it correctly and do not throw garbage that is not organic unique ". During the first days of the implementation of the fifth container, the average collection was 300 kilos per day.

Since the summer, continuing with the awareness campaign carried out by street patrols, 1,400 kilos a day are currently collected with a quality of more than 90% organic matter in this collection. "The data is good but even so, we must continue working and reporting.

The participation data reaches 30%, and to meet the objectives set by Europe in favor of the circular economy, we must reach 50%.

We will continue with this campaign, convinced as the neighbors indicate in the survey, that the environment worries 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 ", has pointed the councilor Mercedes Bernabà ©. More than 1,780 surveys with neighbors It should be remembered that the brown containers for collecting organic waste are found in the Murcian neighborhood of La Flota and in all food markets. The ValueWaste project promoted by the European Union chose the city of Murcia to pioneer in implementing a community program to convert urban organic waste into strategic economic resources. This project has 17 partners from 6 different nationalities, among which the Murcia City Council and the Kalundborg City Council (Denmark) stand out, municipalities in which the pilot tests are being carried out. Before the installation of these containers, the training and information campaign, â € ˜Murcia Suma Uno ', was launched through the media and social networks, while the biopatrols informed neighbors about the use of the new container. Likewise, surveys were carried out in the neighborhood of the neighborhood, which were interrupted with the cessation of activity of the confinement period and which were later resumed with the placement of an information point that was rotating weekly in different locations of said neighborhood. Until the middle of June, 1,780 surveys were carried out, reaching more than 65% of the homes in that neighborhood. The survey data reflect the high degree of commitment of the neighbors who carried it out, reflecting in it that this "is a measure that the environment appreciates, it is a matter of social responsibility; it is easy to do and the future it's in the circular economy.

" A project with European funding and Circular Economy The Valuewaste project has a global budget of more than ten million euros, of which the municipality receives an investment of 1.5 million euros. The initiative is funded by Horizon 2020, the leading research program of the European Commission, and is aligned with the main objectives of the Green Deal or European Green Pact.

It is also one of the initiatives detected from the diagnosis of the state of the Circular Economy of the municipality of Murcia. For Mercedes Bernabà ©, "the municipality thus becomes a pioneer in the reuse of organic resources, making our municipality a more respectful place with the environment.

This action is aligned with strategic objective number four on resource management and circular economy of the Spanish Urban Agenda, as well as our Urban Agenda 2030 and the current Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation plans ". The council is currently immersed in the design of its Circular Economy strategy, a commitment that seeks an innovative and efficient municipality, low in emissions, looking to a prosperous future, but without giving up our roots. Cabe recordar que el municipio trabaja en estos momentos en cerca de una treintena de proyectos relacionados con los ejes principales de la estrategia, como la movilidad, el consumo, la gestión de residuos, la gestión del agua, la sostenibilidad de espacios urbanos, movilidad y políticas de transversalidad. ¿Qué son residuos orgánicos? Se consideran residuos orgánicos restos de fruta, verdura, carne y pescado, cáscaras de huevo, frutos secos y marisco, restos de infusiones y posos del café, cerillas y tapones de corcho y serrín, así como otros restos de comida cocinada y de jardinería (plantas, hojarasca, ramos de flores...). No se puede depositar en el contenedor marrón residuos de barrer, pelo, colillas, chicles, aceite de cocina, pañales y productos de higiene personal, arena de mascotas, polvo...

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Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia