The General Council of Val de Marne installs a Big Hanna Composter on its site Chérioux in France

May 14, 2014

The Collège Adolphe Chérioux de Vitry-sur-Seine works towards a sustainable development and is now introducing a food waste management system by installing the BIG HANNA Composter model T240. This is something completely new to the Val-de-Marne region!
The area Chérioux is just over 36 hectares, with a large patch of grassy space in the middle and more than 1500 trees. It is located between four municipalities: Vitry-sur-Seine, Villejuif, L’Hay-les-Roses and Chevilly-Larue.
The former educational complex was founded in the 1930’s and was originally used as an orphanage.
Today an average of over 4000 people per day is visiting Chérioux. It hosts many institutions, mainly within the General Council and the National Education: Center of education for secondary schools and university, pre-schools, small and medium sized companies, student hostel’s, cultural associations….
There are four stations within the area where the organic waste (mainly food waste) is separated from the other waste. The installation of this new system will allow the canteen to recycle some of its waste by creating its own compost and they will thereby respect the law ‘Grenelle II Act’ – organic waste management.
The on-site solution for the organic waste stream is considered a cultural revolution for the county’s facility at Adolphe Chérioux. The project was made possible thanks to the involvement of the staff.

The idea is that every student will be made responsible for their own waste and by participating in making compost they will be committed to the project. This will make the students use to sorting waste at the high school and the hope is that they will do this at home too. Long term, the Department of Val-de-Marne would like to implement the same concept at other schools.

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The Abbey of Fontevraud, a city of sustainable development, compost their organic waste with Big Hanna Composter

Apr 10, 2014

Fontevraud Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey, founded in 1101 and located in Fontevraud, near Saumur in France. This abbey is one of the largest monastic cities in Europe. 
Monastic life ended with the French Revolution in 1792. The site became a property of the state and was converted in to a prison in 1804 and was until 1963 used as a prison.In 2000, Fontevraud Abbey became a World Heritage Site by Unesco. www.abbayedefontevraud.com

The abbey, which was turned in to a cultural centre in 1975, now implements its plan to be a ‘sustainable city’.  The desire expressed in the draft ‘Fontevraud in the 21st century’ indeed materializes in the ‘Fontevraud sustainable city’ program. 

The flagship action in 2012 and 2014 is the construction of an energy centre for supplying renewable energy to the Abbey and the implementation of a Big Hanna composter T240 that will compost all the organic waste at Fontevraud from two restaurants, one hotel and one conference centre.

All actions are intended to be disseminated and shared with the public, especially young people through a dedicated educational program. The goal is to bring an understanding about these issues, contribute to the awareness of the impact of our actions on the environment and encourage ‘eco-responsible’ behaviours.

The sustainable development policy of the Abbey will be adapted based on feedback of experience of actions implemented. It aims to achieve ISO 26000 certification on social and environmental responsibility.

 

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Website of The Abbey of Fontevraud: www.abbayedefontevraud.com

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