56. Quantity of material for composting

Description

Estimates mass of materials going to composting at demo, sector and city scale.

Methodology

Mass of organic material going to composting. Data may come from demo managers, waste management companies or the Sector Circularity Assessment Method.

The information above is specific to Sevilla's evaluation plan. For general information on this indicator, please refer to its entry in the list of indicators. What follows below is what has been filled out by the city.

Rationale

Part of the demonstration actions are based on improve the separately collection of biowaste in the City of Seville. The biowaste collected is composted in a treatment plant. Currently, only the 2% of biowaste collected is sold for agronomic purposes, due to their quality.

For that reason is need evaluate the quality and quantity of the material (biowaste) collected in terms of obtaining better compost and improve its commercialization and use.

Baseline data / definition

Baseline 0 (only activities during the project are measured).

Data sources / relevant databases

LIPASAM data.
ABORGASE data.

Overall accuracy

tonnes/year, weighted. estimated

Sector coverage

BW

Reference area / Spatial implementation scale

City of Seville, demoaction.

Reference period

Project period 1.10.2019 – 30.9.2023