Name
Mouraria Composta
country
Portugal
Goal
"Mouraria Composta is a project focused on promoting a more sustainable urban ecosystem, through the implementation of a community composting network, promoted by brigades of organic waste collectors. Its official residence is the shop-workshop Mouraria Composta, centered on the 5 R’s: Refuse, Rethink, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle." Mouraria Composta aims to raise the local community's awareness of contemporary environmental issues, empowering and giving concrete tools for reusing waste. It is aimed at the community in general: residents, workers, visitors.
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
Fostering a just transition: leaving no one behind (fostering i.e. inclusivity, equity, empowerment of marginalized communities or other goals regarding justice)
Scale
- City and peri-urban
Actors
- Non-profit organisation (i.e. pursues a particular social cause, e.g. schools, foundations, social movement)
Main Activity
Raising awareness and/or political agenda-setting;
Activities
- Raising awareness and/or political agenda-setting
- Showcasing and/or demonstrating practices
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.