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2nd Training Course on Domestic Composting in the Urbanization of Forca-Vouga (Aveiro)

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 [email protected] 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 a 10 liter support bucket to separate organic waste in the kitchen. It is in your hands to improve the environment, join us and learn how to make domestic compost.

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Agrarian continues with lectures by videoconference

(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 Águas do Centro Litoral”, “Black Soldier Fly – Bioconversion of residues in protein production”, “Integrated Quality, Safety and Environment Systems: Opportunities and Challenges”, “The LIFEPAYT Project: A tool for reducing waste in Southern Europe ”and“ Insects as a source of

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Condeixa: New vehicle will measure garbage and relieve the bill of those who recycle the most

] 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 capacity of 15 m3, was acquired under the application designated Con(DEIXA)-à-PORTA, submitted to POSEUR (Operational Program for Sustainability and Efficiency in the Use of Resources), representing an investment of almost 155 thousand euros, 85% co-financed by the program, the remaining

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Optimized version of container is installed for further tests at Forca

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 the electronic system of the card reader has been improved to ensure high reliability in the data collection. In the first phase of the testing, which took place in May 2018, several mechanical problems had been identified which prevented a

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Polytechnic of Coimbra develops project to reduce tariff for solid waste in the water bill

The 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 pay only what they put in the container undifferentiated waste and separate more at home to have access to a fairer rate ”. In Lisbon and Condeixa-a-Nova the system applies to commercial producers and, in Aveiro, to domestic waste. “The

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LIFE PAYT presents works at Conference in Greece

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 the Conference Some of the topics covered were: separation at source, mechanical and biological treatment, waste prevention measures, composting, recycling and energy recovery technologies. Poster on PAYT system technologies The LIFE PAYT team was present at the event and participated

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Interest in composting: 37% of respondents were interested

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 for seven years. He reports that growing fruits and vegetables has become a habit, and does not consider an effort to compost and then see the good results in strawberries and lettuce. “It is enough to deposit the organic waste

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LIFE PAYT Lisbon: Control and verification measures established

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 a waste system that quantifies and records the waste produced by Large Producers.  

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LIFE PAYT Lisboa seeks to know waste management practices of Large Producers

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 to get to know the facilities, identify the practices of waste rejection, as well as the number and type of containers that would be necessary, for each case. In this action, CML also identified strategies that could be used to

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