The recycling of the waste that we generate in cities is a fundamental lever to progress in decarbonization. An example of this is the use of organic waste or biowaste, mainly food and vegetable remains, to produce renewable energy, biofuels or natural fertilizers.
Therefore, by separating our household waste and depositing it bins, we are enhancing the planet's sustainability. However, even though our environmental sensitivity is at its highest, the municipal waste recycling rate in Spain in 2020 (35%) was well below the 50% target set by the European Union. This gap may continue to widen, as the target rate will grow in the coming years to 55%, 60%, and 65% in 2025, 2030, and 2035, respectively.
This situation contrasts with the high level of citizen involvement in other activities linked to urban sustainability, such as platforms that reduce food waste by connecting people or organizations with leftover or near-expiration food with others that can make good use of it.
Why have these initiatives for the good use of food been appealing to the citizen? I highlight four reasons:<\/p>\n
In my opinion, if we compare these characteristics with those of current urban recycling systems, particularly those related to biowaste, the conclusion is clear: significant recycling rates increase requires new formulas that place the citizen at the centre. This challenge can be an excellent opportunity to apply innovative public procurement models by local governments.<\/p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
El reciclado de los residuos que generamos en las ciudades es un eje fundamental para avanzar en la descarbonizaci\u00f3n. Un ejemplo de esto es la utilizaci\u00f3n de los residuos org\u00e1nicos o biorresiduos, principalmente restos de comida y vegetales, para producir energ\u00edas renovables, biocombustibles o fertilizantes naturales. Por tanto, un acto tan individual y cotidiano como separar nuestros residuos dom\u00e9sticos y depositarlos en sus contenedores, mejora la sostenibilidad de nuestro entorno. Sin embargo, aun cuando nuestra sensibilidad medioambiental est\u00e1 en m\u00e1ximos, la tasa de reciclado de residuos municipales en Espa\u00f1a en 2020 (35%) estuvo muy por debajo del objetivo del 50% fijado por la Uni\u00f3n Europea. Esta brecha puede seguir aumentando, ya que la tasa objetivo crecer\u00e1 en los pr\u00f3ximos a\u00f1os hasta el 55%, 60% y 65% en 2025, 2030 y 2035 respectivamente. Esta situaci\u00f3n contrasta con la elevada involucraci\u00f3n ciudadana en otras actividades ligadas a la sostenibilidad urbana, como las plataformas que reducen el desperdicio de comida conectando a personas u organizaciones con alimentos sobrantes o cercanos a su caducidad con otras que pueden aprovecharlos. \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 han calado en el ciudadano estas iniciativas de aprovechamiento de alimentos? Destaco cuatro razones: Parten en muchas ocasiones de la propia sociedad civil, que es consciente del problema y empatiza con \u00e9l. Su impacto social positivo se percibe de forma muy directa. Est\u00e1n dise\u00f1adas pensando en su funcionalidad para todas las partes implicadas. Aportadores y beneficiarios conf\u00edan en las personas u organizaciones que las gestionan. En mi opini\u00f3n, si contrastamos estas caracter\u00edsticas con las de los sistemas actuales de reciclado urbano, en particular los relativos a los biorresiduos, la conclusi\u00f3n es clara: aumentar significativamente el reciclado requiere nuevas f\u00f3rmulas que sit\u00faen al ciudadano como protagonista. Este reto puede ser una excelente oportunidad para aplicar modelos de compra p\u00fablica innovadora por parte de las administraciones locales.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3907,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-medioambiente"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esggia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esggia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esggia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esggia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esggia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3906"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/esggia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4647,"href":"https:\/\/esggia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3906\/revisions\/4647"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esggia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esggia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esggia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esggia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}