The Municipality of Perugia, in collaboration with the Urban Waste Management Service,
organizes a course for the production of home composting. At the end of the course,
participants will be given a “COMPOSTER”, i.e. a container in which to put garden and
vegetable garden waste (grass, leaves, branches, flowers) and kitchen scraps (food
scraps, fruit, vegetables, etc.), to obtain good soil to be reused in their vegetable garden or
garden.
The objective of the training activity, aimed at all interested citizens, will make use of an
expert in the field of fertilizers.
All this is part of the circular economy experiences, spreading a new concept of waste, not
as a problem but as a resource.
From 100 million tons of organic waste, 35 million tons of compost can be obtained. From
2 million tons of compost, 370 million cubic meters of biogas can be produced. These are
then enhanced through the production of about 437 MWh of thermal energy and 93 million
cubic meters of biomethane for automotive.
If in Italy 2,200,000 tons/year of compost are produced, in Umbria a production of 3% is
estimated, i.e. 66,000 tons/year.
It would therefore be interesting to also involve the stakeholders of the European Project
LIVERUR for a concrete and realistic application of circular economy.
Here are the main organic waste and byproducts produced in the Trasimeno Area:

– cereal straw and sunflower and corn stalk.
– leaves and branches deriving from the maintenance of green areas.
– leaves and branches deriving from the management of olive groves, vineyards and
orchards.
– organic residues from livestock farms.
– organic residues from cellars and crushers.
– waste from catering and restaurant activities.
– organic waste from fishing activities.

For a precise quantification of the compost that can be made, the productions for each
individual farm, accommodation company and public or private area intended for green
areas will have to be evaluated. At the same time, the actual demand for compost and its
potential use will have to be assessed.

 

(Written by Paolo Burini)