Name
Compostim Project
country
Portugal
Goal
"combines composting - transformation of organic matter into natural fertilizer - with the enhancement of green spaces, through a garden of edible plants in an agroforestry system. (...) The project has as main objectives:
Implement a community composting system in an urban context; Raise awareness and educate the community for the sustainable management of organic waste; Raise awareness of the population for the importance and potential of agroforestry systems in an urban context." [Translation]
Main Topic
Responsible and circular economy: mobilizing industry for a clean and circular economy
All Topics
Responsible and circular economy: mobilizing industry for a clean and circular economy
Sustainable food: from "farm to fork": a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system
Biodiversity: preserving and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity
Scale
- Neighbourhood or Local community
- City and peri-urban
Actors
- Social enterprise (i.e. for-profit company, but has primary objective to achieve social and/or ecological benefits)
- Local government
Main Activity
Raising awareness and/or political agenda-setting
Activities
- Not specified
Source
This initiative was provided by the SGD consortium.
This initiative is self-reported and not identified by the SHARED GREEN DEAL Consortium
CONTACT
For further details please contact co-leads Dr Chris Foulds (chris.foulds@aru.ac.uk) and Dr Rosie Robison (rosie.robison@aru.ac.uk).
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 101036640. The sole responsibility for the content of this website lies with the SHARED GREEN DEAL HAS project and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union.