{"id":534372,"date":"2023-01-03T12:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T09:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/santiagos-poorest-district-plants-recycling-seed\/"},"modified":"2023-01-03T12:29:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T09:29:02","slug":"santiagos-poorest-district-plants-recycling-seed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/santiagos-poorest-district-plants-recycling-seed\/","title":{"rendered":"#Santiago&#8217;s poorest district plants recycling seed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a373b30a9958\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a373b30a9958\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/santiagos-poorest-district-plants-recycling-seed\/#%E2%80%9CSantiagos_poorest_district_plants_recycling_seed%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Santiago&#8217;s poorest district plants recycling seed&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CSantiagos_poorest_district_plants_recycling_seed%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Santiago&#8217;s poorest district plants recycling seed&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/municipal-staff-collec.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2023\/municipal-staff-collec.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Municipal staff collect organic material to be sent for a vermiculture recycling process in the commune of La Pintana in Santiago, Chile.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2023\/municipal-staff-collec.jpg\" alt=\"Municipal staff collect organic material to be sent for a vermiculture recycling process in the commune of La Pintana in Santiag\" title=\"Municipal staff collect organic material to be sent for a vermiculture recycling process in the commune of La Pintana in Santiago, Chile.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Municipal staff collect organic material to be sent for a vermiculture recycling process in the commune of La Pintana in Santiago, Chile.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Every morning, trucks collect potato and avocado skins, orange peels and other food scraps that residents of Santiago&#8217;s poorest neighborhood leave hanging in bags on their front doors or in tree branches or place in special bins.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\"><!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><br \/>\n      <\/section>\n<p>For nearly two decades, the residents of La Pintana have been pioneers of recycling in Chile\u2014South America&#8217;s largest garbage generator.<\/p>\n<p>Under a project started in 2005, the commune of 190,000 people enthusiastically gather their plant-based food waste, which is then turned into compost to help green their community.<\/p>\n<p>In La Pintana, where 15 percent of people live in poverty, 50 percent of the community&#8217;s organic waste is collected for recycling\u2014a figure that puts to shame the 0.8 percent achieved by Chile as a whole, according to environment ministry data.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They do a lot with it (the waste): they produce compost and it is used for the community itself, for the squares and gardens,&#8221; La Pintana resident Jose Vera told AFP as he left two large cardboard boxes filled with scraps on the sidewalk, proud of his contribution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is also a saving (for the municipality) because they no longer have to buy&#8221; fertilizer or pay landfill fees, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Chile generates some 1.13 kilograms (about 2.5 pounds) of waste per person per day\u2014the highest output in South America, according to World Bank data.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/the-trailblazing-recyc.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2023\/the-trailblazing-recyc.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"The trailblazing recycling project in the La Pintana commune in Santiago, Chile, has received several international awards.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2023\/the-trailblazing-recyc.jpg\" alt=\"The trailblazing recycling project in the La Pintana commune in Santiago, Chile, has received several international awards\" title=\"The trailblazing recycling project in the La Pintana commune in Santiago, Chile, has received several international awards.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                The trailblazing recycling project in the La Pintana commune in Santiago, Chile, has received several international awards.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>And in terms of recycling, it is far from achieving even Latin America&#8217;s low average of four percent of solid municipal waste processed.<\/p>\n<p>But La Pintana, one of the first neighborhoods of Chile&#8217;s deeply <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>ly unequal capital to adopt such a project, now collects some 20 tons of organic waste every day.<\/p>\n<p>It is delivered to a local plant that turns the scraps into natural fertilizer for the town&#8217;s own municipal nursery, and others.<\/p>\n<p><b>&#8216;A change in people&#8217;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The municipality estimates to be saving some $100,000 per year\u2014money that can go to other community projects.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There has been a change in people,&#8221; since the project started, resident Vera said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are now concerned about recycling and no longer put the vegetables with the garbage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>La Pintana&#8217;s nursery, built on what used to be an unsightly landfill, yields some 100,000 plants of 400 different species every year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/residents-of-la-pintan.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2023\/residents-of-la-pintan.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Residents of La Pintana leave out fruit and vegetable scraps to be collected by municipal workers for the community's recycling project.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2023\/residents-of-la-pintan.jpg\" alt=\"Residents of La Pintana leave out fruit and vegetable scraps to be collected by municipal workers for the community's recycling \" title=\"Residents of La Pintana leave out fruit and vegetable scraps to be collected by municipal workers for the community's recycling project.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Residents of La Pintana leave out fruit and vegetable scraps to be collected by municipal workers for the community&#8217;s recycling project.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>These are planted back in La Pintana, one of the areas of Santiago with the fewest green spaces per inhabitant.<\/p>\n<p>The nursery uses about a ton of humus\u2014a dark organic matter created when plant material decomposes\u2014every year, according to project member Cintia Ortiz.<\/p>\n<p>All of it is obtained from La Pintana&#8217;s plant waste.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This humus, the benefit it gives us, is that it is organic&#8230; thanks to the community and the workers,&#8221; Ortiz told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, &#8220;as we can keep the plants well-nourished, we do not have to use chemicals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Planting flowers outside a municipal sports center, municipal worker Jeanette Gonzalez told AFP the project &#8220;brings us&#8230; joy. The town is improving.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When we took over&#8230; it was a town where every 200 meters there was a landfill,&#8221; Claudia Pizarro, mayor of La Pintana since 2016, said of the trailblazing project, which has received several international awards.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/la-pintanas-nursery-bu.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2023\/la-pintanas-nursery-bu.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"La Pintana's nursery, built on what used to be an unsightly landfill, yields some 100,000 plants of 400 different species every year.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2023\/la-pintanas-nursery-bu.jpg\" alt=\"La Pintana's nursery, built on what used to be an unsightly landfill, yields some 100,000 plants of 400 different species every \" title=\"La Pintana's nursery, built on what used to be an unsightly landfill, yields some 100,000 plants of 400 different species every year.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                La Pintana&#8217;s nursery, built on what used to be an unsightly landfill, yields some 100,000 plants of 400 different species every year.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It is a virtuous circle: people see that where there used to be a landfill there is now greenery and everything is flourishing, and they stop throwing garbage there,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>There have been spillover benefits too: more than half of the municipal nursery&#8217;s 15 staff are former inmates doing community work in lieu of serving prison time.<\/p>\n<p>Chile&#8217;s Environment Minister Maisa Rojas recently proposed a bill to reproduce the project in the rest of Chile.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                  \u00a9 2023 AFP<\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                Waste not want not: Santiago&#8217;s poorest district plants recycling seed (2023, January 3)<br \/>\n                                                retrieved 3 January 2023<br \/>\n                                                from https:\/\/phys.org\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2023-01-santiago-poorest-district-recycling-seed.html<\/p>\n<p>                                             This document is subject to copyright. 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