Community bio-waste turns into almost 300 kilograms of 100% natural compost

27/05/2022

The first compound produced from the Community Composting Spaces installed in August in the Amial and Paranhos areas was already delivered to the participants, in an action that counted, this Thursday, with the presence of the vice-president of the Porto City Hall, who oversees the Environment and Climate Transition, Filipe Araújo. Once the cycle was closed, the bio-residues deposited by the population were transformed into 296 kilograms of 100% natural compound.

In Praça do Cávado, in Paranhos, five composting modules were installed. With the sensitization of 36 families to deposit bio-waste such as bread, tea bags and coffee grounds, meat or fish (raw or cooked), butter and cheese, leftovers of cooked food, shells and eggs (raw or cooked), vegetables, fruit with or without peel, it was possible to produce 144 kg of compost only from the material placed in the first composting module.

The material deposited in the ten modules installed next to the Parque Infantil do Amial, which served 88 participating families, resulted in 152 kilograms of organic substance, similar to the soil, rich in nutrients and that will enable the growth of plants and gardens.