The municipality of Évora has put in place a new system for selective collection of organic waste for composting and subsequent use in agriculture.
The collection was prepared to work daily, in collaboration with a range of major producers, like hospitals, some of the great restaurants, the university of Évora and school canteens.
Waste is collected and sent to a treatment center, where sorting takes place and composting treatment begins. The final product is an organic compost that will be used as an agricultural fertilizer.
The story of Évora
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Its well-preserved historic center is one of the richest monuments in Portugal., which earned him the title of City-Museum. In 1986, the city's historic center has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Évora and its surrounding region have a rich history spanning more than five millennia., as demonstrated by nearby megalithic monuments such as the Anta do Zambujeiro and the Cromlech dos Almendres.
Évora, its initiatives and its results
Aiming at the progress of the four axes addressed in the PAES (waste, building sector, transport and street lighting), the municipality of Évora started in 2012 various actions to achieve the goal of reducing gas emissions.
Évora was the first Portuguese city to receive a national project dedicated to the smart energy grid. Is on 2014 a solar park with photovoltaic technology was inaugurated on top of an old landfill.
The Sustainable Cities program adopted by the city offers public managers a complete urban sustainability agenda, a set of indicators associated with this agenda and a database of practices with national and international exemplary cases as references for municipalities.
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