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de Trabalho de Resíduos Sólidos - GTRS Conselho da APA Federal da Serra da Mantiqueira - CONAPAM Text automatically translated by translate.google Leia o original em português Introducing decentralized composting in Delfim Moreira, MG
First composters' use evaluation and a visit to the local State High School
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On July 6, 2016 a visit to the pilot neighborhood Vila Rica was performed to verify the use of composters distributed in the previous visitation, on June 2nd, according to the project in Delfim Moreira municipaliy, in partnership with the Working Group on Solid Waste of CONAPAM. The team was composed by Juliane Coura, Municipal Secretary of Agriculture and Environment, Maira Maia, environmental analyst with the APA of Mantiqueira team, and Luis Armondi and Joaquim Moura, GTRS volunteers. Regarding the eight composters distributed in June, six were being used and two were collected back for disuse and delivered to other more interested residents of the neighborhood. The other five composters delivered last month are in use in houses outside the pilot neighborhood, and were not visited this time. On this visit we delivered three new composters - including to a restaurant (a big generator), completing 17 artifacts installed in Delfim Moreira. Overall, the domestic composters receive little organic waste, certainly because most families consume few fruits and vegetables, consuming more rice and beans, bread and pasta, biscuits and stuffed products as sausages. It was observed, for example, a mother eating lunching with her daughter only instant noodles with sausage. Composting is only the basis for the practice of urban gardening and for improvements in nutrition and health.
Visit to the State High School Marques de Sapucai The involvement of the young students is essential to carry out the various projects needed to increase the city's sustainability and ensure them better living conditions in the future. To this end, we had a meeting with Stela Mara, the School's principal, and scheduled a meeting in August, to begin a partnership to carry out activities with students that include composting, environmental and ethics education combined with leadership and entrepreneurship development, foreseeing income generation projects from initiatives linked to "green economy". Below, the inner courtyard view of the School and the green area suggested by Prof. Stela Mara, as the most suitable for composting, located between the kitchen and the vegetable garden. |
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