Decentralized composting: gated communities as ecologically promising environments
LUÍSA C.G. DE SOUZA,
MARIA AUXILIADORA DRUMOND
Abstract:The global need to strengthen circular economic chains highlights the importance of composting, since the organic fraction corresponds, on average, to 50% of the municipal solid waste. As centralized composting programs have been showing slow advances, especially in low and middle-income countries, the decentralized scale is a promising tool. Gated communities stand out as potential targets for decentralized composting programs, as they generally have organization, tools, employees, space, and a high density o… Show more
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