We have implemented a composting station within a shared garden "Le jardin des Cerises" located in a social housing with 260 homes.
Objectives
An innovative project
A Fleur de Pierre in partnership with Gesper, was a pioneer in the sustainability of a community composting project, already underway in other communities, but never implemented.
The ecological aspect
Intervention at the neighborhood level is listed as an innovative project.
For gardeners, it is a fertilizer free, and environmentally friendly.
A citizen-oriented project
Specificity: The residents deposit their waste in bins located within their district in the areas provided for this purpose (sort field), and not directly to the composting station.
Through this provision means, knowing that the garbage could be taxed at the weight in the future, people are more motivated to separate their waste fermentable now.
Education sorting of fermentable waste for children in the canteen, and for staff.
A project that creates jobs
The composting facility is funded by the community of communes (through savings from reduced waste sorted) by the state (funding for subsidized contracts), by the municipality (providing the land and the water), and also, by the lessor (grant).
This project has the potential to grow across the town, through all structures producing fermentable waste.
To date, A Fleur de Pierre treats those from the central kitchen of the city, and those from two food shops.
The association is planned to recycle waste from catering college
Materials
Implementation
Evaluation
WASTE RECOVERY
By completing the consignment at each collection, we can:
- Measure the annual tonnage of waste processed per collection point,
- Working time: the collection return, treat the waste (sorting, intake of shredded, turning ..), cleaning,
- Meet the sorting errors called "denial."
At year end, while the compost is fully utilized.
complementary indicators
- Number of buckets distributed and used
- Questionnaires filled out at the beginning of the implementation of the project
PROJECT
- The project extends across the city (setting up composting in canteens), but also beyond: solicitation of other local authorities and other structures (campgrounds, associations ...)
- Creating a SCIC (group of associations, vocational training center and municipals) in the field of composting.
Tipps
a) Objectives
This project is part of the values of the association "A Fleur de Pierre":
- Promote the practice of agro-ecological gardening (limit chemical inputs, respect biodiversity ...)
- Awareness of ecology through recovery, processing and upgrading of biodegradable waste from homes in a neighborhood, in the shared garden,
- How to use the compost,
- That each takes its rightful place as citizens in his neighborhood by practical participation in the upgrading of its biodegradable waste.
b) Results
Participation in waste collection
Residents involvement in the project was boosted by the preexistence of shared garden.
From the beginning, local residents were mobilized, bringing their biodegradable waste in the bins provided for this purpose.
Despite initial reluctance of social landlord, it is now involved in partnership work.
This project has enhanced the image of the area, renowned as "sensitive."
Use of compost
At first, some gardeners, skeptical, because accustomed to different gardening techniques, did not want to use compost.
Throughout trials, observations and experiences of everyone (including the experiments of the technical team of "A Fleur de Pierre"), gardeners have started to practice themselves, and they eventually find a variety of interests: agro-ecological, financial, local knowledge of the origin of the finished product.
Enhancement up to 15 tons of biodegradable waste treated at the station per year.
Within the gardens, compost use is optimal. Note that this station is viable (at this level).
The compost (not being manufactured to the marketing standards) is only given or accessible to members and gardeners.
Extension of the project
Participation of the central kitchen (for school canteens), by sorting its biodegradable waste, by both cooks (during food preparation) and children (leftovers from meals).
Other structures and local authorities ask us for advice in the implementation of projects of composting station.
