#biowaste-diversion
Issues, solutions, and case studies for biowaste-diversion
Found 26 nodes with this tag: 1 issue · 2 solutions · 23 case studies
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Issues 1
#00030Household food scraps make up a large, costly share of residual municipal waste
Organic food waste is roughly a third of household residual waste. Mixed with general waste it is heavy, wet and costly to truck and burn. France made household biowaste sorting mandatory in 2024, but curbside bins, routes and treatment add cost that source diversion can avoid.
Solutions 2
#00032Collective and institutional hen coops: shared coops for households without gardens
Install a shared coop serving many households or an institution (school, retirement home) instead of giving hens to individual homes. Residents bring food scraps, a rota or staff care for the hens, and eggs are shared. Reaches gardenless households and spreads the care burden.
#00031Subsidised laying-hen distribution: give households hens that eat food scraps on site
A municipality buys laying hens from regional breeders and gives them free or subsidised to registered households with gardens. The hens eat kitchen scraps, diverting biowaste at source, and give eggs in return. Run as a complement to curbside collection, not a replacement.
Case studies 23
Communauté de communes du Sud Territoire (CCST) · 2013–2016 · City
1 source
Syndicat mixte Trigone (Gers) · since 2014 · Region
1 source
Lisses, Essonne, France
PartialCommune de Lisses, with Siredom · since 2016 · City
1 source
Municipality of Etterbeek (with Bruxelles-Environnement) · since 2014 · Neighborhood
1 source
Mouscron, Hainaut, Belgium
SuccessCity of Mouscron · since 2010 · Neighborhood
2 sources
Diest, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
InconclusiveTown of Diest · City
1 source
Communauté de communes du Pays Haut Val d'Alzette (CCPHVA) · since 2014 · City
1 source
SYBERT (Syndicat mixte de Besançon et de sa région) · since 2014 · City
1 source
Communauté d'agglomération de Mantes-en-Yvelines (CAMY) · 2015–2016 · City
CAMY Local Waste Reduction Programme (Programme Local de Prévention des Déchets) · 1 source
Commune de Villers-les-Pots (resident-run communal coop) · Neighborhood
1 source
Commune de Navailles-Angos (school coop) · Neighborhood
1 source
Pincé, Sarthe, France
SuccessCommune de Pincé · 2012 · Neighborhood
1 source
Commune de Barsac / CC de Podensac; ValOrizon (Lot-et-Garonne waste authority) · since 2017 · Region
2 sources
SIRMOTOM, Montereau area, Seine-et-Marne, France
InconclusiveSIRMOTOM (inter-municipal waste authority, Montereau area) · 2013–2014 · City
SIRMOTOM local waste-prevention programme · 1 source
SMITOM du Santerre · 2014–2017 · Region
SMITOM du Santerre and member communautés de communes; ADEME-backed waste-prevention programme (2011–2016) · 2 sources
Vendée department, France
SuccessTrivalis (Syndicat mixte départemental, Vendée) · 2013–2014 · Region
Trivalis (Vendée departmental waste authority) and member local authorities · 2 sources
Antwerp, Belgium
OngoingCity of Antwerp (environmental department) · City
2 sources
Municipality of Opwijk / INZET · 2018 · Neighborhood
1 source
Province of Limburg, Belgium
OngoingLimburg.net (inter-municipal waste authority, Province of Limburg + Diest) · Region
3 sources
SICTOM Nord Allier · 2013–2015 · City
SICTOM Nord Allier local waste-prevention programme · 1 source
SIMER (Syndicat Interdépartemental Mixte pour l'Équipement Rural) · 2014–2015 · Region
SIMER local waste-prevention programme, supported by ADEME · 2 sources
Territoire de la Côte Ouest (TCO) · 2017–2018 · City
2 sources
Colmar, Grand Est, France
OngoingColmar Agglomération · since 2014 · Region
€25 · Colmar Agglomération and its member communes (local household-waste prevention plan); ADEME subsidises the communication component · 5 sources