This Saturday at 12:00, a talk will take place at the ‘Olga Novo’ Culture House in which the composting plan of the A Pobra do Brollón City Council will be taken into account and the functioning of community compost bins will be recalled.
The new mobile clean point will also be presented, which will facilitate recycling and the correct disposal of waste for residents of the different parishes. The event will be attended by the councilor for the environment, Ricardo Rodicio, and two experts from the Revitaliza Plan of the Pontevedra Provincial Council.
Composting is a way of converting vegetable and food waste into natural fertilizer or compost. In A Pobra do Brollón, there have been six community composters since March 2018 to facilitate the composting of waste generated by households and businesses in the municipality. The talk will remind us of how they work and some bags of the resulting compost will be distributed among the residents attending.
‘Composting not only involves savings in waste collection and fertilizers; it also reduces pollution and improves the health of the land and plants, among other advantages,’ says councilor Ricardo Rodicio. ‘With our composting program, A Pobra do Brollón is a pioneering municipality in the province of Lugo, following the example of municipalities such as Allariz and Pontevedra.’
The event will feature two experts from the Revitaliza Plan, an exemplary composting model promoted by the Pontevedra Provincial Council and already spread across more than forty municipalities in the province. Attendees will be able to listen to Carlos Pérez Losada, advisor to the plan, and Manuel Enrique, a ‘master composter’, responsible for ensuring that composting is done correctly.
A municipality committed to recycling
A Pobra do Brollón makes it easier for residents to recycle and properly deposit waste with proposals such as used oil collection points, the clean point and the home collection service for bulky waste.
In addition, a new initiative will be presented at Saturday's talk: a mobile clean point that will circulate through the different parishes of the municipality to facilitate the deposit of waste such as light bulbs, batteries, paints, expired medicines or used oil.
The City Council encourages residents and anyone interested to participate, so that together we can collaborate for a clean and environmentally friendly city.
