Tool to reduce waste in South Europe
It will take place on September 26 (Saturday), from 10 am to 11:30 am, outdoors, at Rua da Guiné Bissau, in Aveiro. If you live in Urbanização da Forca-Vouga contact us, via e-mail aveiro@life-payt.eu or telephone 234 406 428, and sign up to become a participant. Participants receive a composting kit free of charge: a 290 liter compost bin and
Read more(See Page 9 – News) Transmission by videoconference was the way found by the Escola Superior Agrária (ESAC) to continue with the lectures usually promoted in the context of its different backgrounds. Since the date on which activities and face-to-face events were suspended, ESAC has already promoted a total of five lectures on a videoconference basis. “Energy Management System in
Read more] The municipality of Condeixa-a-Nova has just received a new vehicle for the collection of undifferentiated waste that aims to respond to the implementation of the PAYT system, which is expected to come into force in the first quarter of 2020, benefiting those who most separate recyclable waste. The new vehicle for the collection of undifferentiated urban waste, has a
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Who lives near the Mozambique Street, in the pilot area of the Urbanization Forca Vouga in Aveiro, can now use the second version of the container under test since the last September 20, to deposit their mixed waste. This second version has a lid with greater mechanical strength, which makes it easier to open and less likely to jam. Also
Read moreThe Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra (IPC) is developing a project that allows each citizen to pay only the undifferentiated waste they throw away and that reduces the water bill, it was announced today. IPC says that the “LIFEPAYT” project, which is in the testing phase, with samples of the population, in Lisbon, Aveiro and Condeixa-a-Nova (Coimbra), aims to “make citizens
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In order to promote good practices and efficient and effective technologies in the management of solid waste, the 7th International Conference on Sustainable Management of Solid Waste gathered in Heraklion, Greece, between 26 and 29 June, academics, companies in this sector and other stakeholders in order to strengthen the link between applied research and industry. Part of the audience during
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In order to understand what the citizen thinks about composting, the LIFE PAYT project carried out a survey in the PAYT system intervention area which is being implemented in the neighborhood of Forca-Vouga, in Aveiro. Only two out of 76 respondents use organic waste to compost. One of them is Rui Jorge Sousa, who has been composting in his backyard
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Currently the Lisbon City Council is carrying out periodic monitoring and verification actions on the containers installed in the Large Producers that have a contract signed with the municipality, and the amount of waste collected is being registered with the aid of a software application developed for this purpose by the technical team of the Lisbon City Council. This ensures
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In order to implement the LIFE PAYT project in Lisbon, the technical team of the Lisbon City Council (CML) considered it important to better understand the waste management system implemented by Major Producers, who are mainly represented by the sectors of Catering, Teaching Institutions, Hospitality and others . The technicians of the municipality visited each Large Producer individually in order
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