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Towards the Recycling of Bio-Waste: The Case of Pontevedra, Spain (REVITALIZA)

In: Municipal Solid Waste Management

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  • Carlos Perez-Losada
  • Maria Martinez-Abraldes
  • Salustiano Mato
  • Iria Villar

Abstract

Waste management is one of the main environmental problems that municipalities have to address. The fulfilment of the recycling objectives imposed by the European Community requires the segregation and treatment of the municipal bio-waste. Pontevedra Provincial Council started in 2015 an innovative plan, called REVITALIZA, for the recycling of bio-waste through the promotion of composting in municipalities. REVITALIZA, which is developed in different phases, advocates the implementation of local composting (home and community composting) and small composting facilities, so that the generation of waste and the economic and environmental costs of its collection and transport are reduced. The plan is a pioneer in the training of technical personnel in the area of bio-waste management. Currently, 36 municipalities are participating in REVITALIZA in different phases of the plan, committed to locally managing bio-waste.

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  • Carlos Perez-Losada & Maria Martinez-Abraldes & Salustiano Mato & Iria Villar, 2019. "Towards the Recycling of Bio-Waste: The Case of Pontevedra, Spain (REVITALIZA)," Chapters, in: Hosam M. Saleh (ed.), Municipal Solid Waste Management, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:178184
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.83576
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    Keywords

    composting; bio-waste; recycling; decentralized waste management; community composting centre; master composter;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling

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