Professional Documents
Culture Documents
2023 - 10 ACR+ Sardinia Ricci Exp
2023 - 10 ACR+ Sardinia Ricci Exp
in the Mediterranean
from policies to implementation
Marco Ricci-Jürgensen
About myself
5
A typical situation for mediterranean soils
Carta delle aree sensibili alla desertificazione in Sardegna fonte: http://annuario.isprambiente.it; 2011
Make City's aware about the pivotal role of organic waste in
MSW management
• 935 M tpa of organic waste generated globally
• 53% of MSW of a city is organic waste
• 37 megacities: MSW generated equivalent to the amounts
generated in the EU-28
• by 2050 80% of all food to be consumed in cities
THE BENEFITS …
Benefits of Food waste diversion
⚫ Separate collection of biowaste converts a
Impacts Benefits
Reduce and dispose MSW better
• Reduce quantities of waste disposed
• Less putrescibility inside MSW → lower
methane and leachate from landfills
Compost use in IT
farming
horticulture
potting media
What policies to promote compost production and use?
4,0 400
150
3,0 300
100
2,0 200
50
1,0 100
0,0 0 0
BWC Sludge MSW/MBT- BWC Sludge MSW/MBT- BWC Sludge MSW/MBT-
Com post C Com post C Com post C
Hg Ni Pb
[m g kg -1 dm ] [m g kg -1 dm ] [m g kg -1 dm ]
•92% to
soil
(2 M tpa)
Value approximately
EURO 4,2 – 7,0 per tonne (FM)
17
Compostaje en Italia y Carbono
18
The value of organic C in soil
?
Do households separate food waste
regularly?
HOW TO DO IT
Source separation of foodwaste is difficult….
• High moisture
• Leachate
• putrescible
• High density
Likely to be
uncomfortable
?
MSW collection schemes
43
2003
OLBIA-TEMPIO
SASSARI
NUORO
ORISTANO
OGLIASTRA
RD 2003
< 10%
MEDIO CAMPIDANO 10,1% - 20%
20,1% - 30%
CAGLIARI
30,1% - 40%
CARBONIA-IGLESIAS
40,1% - 50%
50,1% - 60%
> 60% 44
2006
OLBIA-TEMPIO
SASSARI
NUORO
ORISTANO
OGLIASTRA
RD 2006
< 10%
MEDIO CAMPIDANO 10,1% - 20%
20,1% - 30%
CAGLIARI
30,1% - 40%
CARBONIA-IGLESIAS
40,1% - 50%
50,1% - 60%
> 60% 45
2009
OLBIA-TEMPIO
SASSARI
NUORO
ORISTANO
OGLIASTRA
RD 2009
< 10%
MEDIO CAMPIDANO 10,1% - 20%
20,1% - 30%
CAGLIARI
30,1% - 40%
CARBONIA-IGLESIAS
40,1% - 50%
50,1% - 60%
> 60% 46
2010
OLBIA-TEMPIO
SASSARI
NUORO
ORISTANO
OGLIASTRA
RD 2010
< 10%
MEDIO CAMPIDANO 10,1% - 20%
20,1% - 30%
CAGLIARI
30,1% - 40%
CARBONIA-IGLESIAS
40,1% - 50%
50,1% - 60%
> 60% 47
Key data about MSW management in Sardinia
What policies to promote compost production and use?
27%
44%
29%
www.compost.it
ISWA Soils project
Quantify the Benefit of Organic Matter in Compost and Digestate When Applied to Soils’
Started in 2018 & completed Q1 2020
Report
summarising
the estimate of
the potential
benefits of
applying
compost to soils
56
What policies to promote compost production and use?
www.compost.it
Setting the policy framework
https://www.enicbcmed.eu/sircles-policy-toolkit-circular-economy-employment-and-training
www.compost.it
ISWA Soils project
Quantify the Benefit of Organic Matter in Compost and Digestate When Applied to Soils’
Started in 2018 & completed Q1 2020
Report
summarising
the estimate of
the potential
benefits of
applying
compost to soils
62
STORY 3
Success Story 3 - Archipiélago de Juan Fernández
Source of data:
▪ ISWA 2021, L. Razeto Geociclos, 10-2021
▪ Special session about “MSW, Biowaste &
Waste management on small Islands”
organised by M. Ricci, ISWA 2021 online
congress
66
The approach
67
Postcards from Juan Fernández
68
Follow-up and tutoring
69
Results
Tela
Tela
2%PET
Plásticos
4%
Plásticos PET 3%
3% Otros plásticos Vidrio
Otros Metales 7% 35%
plásticos Vidrio 1%
7% 12%