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LIFE13 ENV/IT/000698

LIFE+ Environment Policy and Governance project application

Language of the proposal:

Community Composting in a pilot area for waste prevention

Project acronym:

LIFE Co.Compost

The project will be implemented in the following Member State(s):

Italy Lombardia

Expected start date: 01/07/2014 Expected end date: 30/06/2017

LIST OF BENEFICIARIESName of the coordinating beneficiary:

Name of the associated beneficiary: Coordinamento Agende 21 Locali Italiane

Name of the associated beneficiary: Garda Uno SpA

Name of the associated beneficiary: Comune di Gardone Riviera

Ambiente Italia Srl

LIST OF CO-FINANCIERSName of the co-financier: C.A.R.G. - Consorzio Alberghi Riviera del Garda

PROJECT BUDGET AND REQUESTED EU FUNDING

Total project budget: 1 237 823 Euro

FOR ADMINISTRATION USE ONLY


Project title:

English (en)

LIFE+ 2013

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Coordinating Beneficiary Profile Information

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Ambiente Italia Srl

AMBIT

11560560150

11560560150

19/02/1996

20129

Milano

via Carlo Poerio 39

Italy

Ambiente Italia is a leader group in Italy and Europe in research and consulting, operating in environmentalanalysis, planning and design, leading training courses and managing communication campaigns. AmbienteItalia has completed more than 1.100 assignments for a number of Local Authorities, EU institutions, Italian

Mr Senior researcher

http://www.ambienteitalia.it

0227744231

Lorenzo

Bono

[email protected]

Italy

20129

via Carlo Poerio 39

Milano

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Coordinamento Agende 21 Locali Italiane

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24/07/2003

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IT-41121

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Viale Martiri della Libert 34

Modena

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http://www.a21italy.it

The Coordinamento Agende 21 Locali Italiane (Italian Local Agendas 21 Association) is an association set upin 1999 to spread Local Agenda 21 and promote sustainable development models and whose members areLocal authorities and regions very active in these issues. The Coordinamento Agende 21 Locali Italiane is a

very consolidated network that currently counts 490 members made up of 343 Municipalities, 43 Provinces,12 Regions, 27 between Local Authorities Consortium, Mountain Communities and Natural areas, 65supporters from the private sector.With regard to italian and european projects, the association has a good expertise in organising andmanaging networking projects and its also able to involve and mobilise a large number of local authorities,both as testers/reviewers of the projects products during their development, and as final users during thedissemination/communication activities.The association has several Working Groups focusing on : Local Agenda 21 for Kyoto; Sustainable Cities;LA21 in small and medium-sized towns and cities; Education to Sustainable Development; Green Public

Procurement; Sustainable Mobility; EMAS and Agenda 21; LA21 in Mountain areas; Local environmentalaccountings and Reporting; Sustainable Tourism; Bike Offices; LA21 and Water Management; WasteRecycling; Landscape, biodiversity and participation, Agenda 21 and Sport.One of the main aim of the association is to set up information campaigns on raising awareness of local andnational policy-makers on issues such as climate change and sustainability issues in order for them tobecome promoters of proper and efficient policies and to stimulate local stakeholders.To this purpose the Coordinamento has several established communication channels such as organization

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Garda Uno SpA

GARDAUNO

00726790983

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25/03/1994

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Via Italo Barbieri n. 20

Padenghe del Garda




http://www.gardauno.it/

Consorzio Garda Uno is the utility which is responsible for the collection and management of municipal andindustrial waste produced in the 23 municipalities (including Gardone Riviera) of the Garda Bresciano Area.The waste separated collection system has been organized both with street garbage bins and door to door

collection.The Consorzio Garda 1 collect each year

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Comune di Gardone Riviera

GARDONE

00557820982

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Piazza Scarpetta 1

Gardone Riviera




http://www.comune.gardoneriviera.bs.it/

Gardone Riviera is a municipality of 2.713 inhabitants of the Province of Brescia which is set on the GardaLake, one of northern Italy's most popular tourist destinations. Moreover, one of the most interestingtourist attractions on the entire Garda Lake the Il Vittoriale degli Italiani is located in Gardone Riviera.

The touristic flows are very high: in 2010 the registered overnight stays were 190.000, and they weremainly concentrated in the summer period. In Gardone Riviera there are 30 hotels having 1.812 bed places.

Due to these touristic flows, the per capita waste production is very high: about 830 kg/inh (55% higherthan the Italian average value). In 2012 the amount of municipal waste produced was about 2.310 tonnes,and the separated collection rate was 31,6%. A new door to door collection system is going to beimplemented, in order to reach the 2016 provincial target of 65%.

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OTHER PROPOSALS SUBMITTED FOR EUROPEAN UNION FUNDING

Please answer each of the following questions:

Have you or any of your associated beneficiaries already benefited from previous LIFE cofinancing? (please cite

LIFE project reference number, title, year, amount of the co-financing, duration, name(s) of coordinating beneficiary

and/or partners involved):

AMBIENTE ITALIA


Enerwood - Environmental restoration of woods in Veneto region mountain areas

Year: 1999

LIFE contribution: 364,357.76 ;

22/11/1999-22/11/2002

Coordinator: Azienda Regionale delle Foreste del Veneto

Partner: Ambiente Italia


MED-COASTS S-T - Strategies and Tools Toward Sustainable Tourism in Mediterranean Coastal Areas

Year: 2000

LIFE contribution: 559,200.00

30/11/2000-31/10/2003

Coordinator: Provincia di Rimini



AGEMAS Integration of Agenda 21 and EMAS in a wide area with relevant ecological value


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Year: 2004


01/10/2004-30/09/2006

Coordinator: MILANO METROPOLI Agenzia di Sviluppo


LIFE07 ENV/FIN/000138;

CHAMP - Climate Change Response through Managing Urban Europe-27 Platform

Year: 2007

LIFE contribution: 1,014,841.00

01/01/2009-30/04/2012

Coordinator: The Union of Baltic Cities (UBC)

Partners: Ambiente Italia; Coordinamento Agende 21 Locali Italiane


E.C.C.E.L.S.A. - Environmental Compliance based on Cluster Experiences and Local Sme-orientedApproaches

Year: 2007

LIFE contribution; 798,874.00

01/01/2009-31/12/2011

Coordinator: Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant'Anna


LIFE08 INF/IT/000308

WATACLIC - Water against climate change. Sustainable water management in urban areas


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01/09/2010-30/04/2013

Coordinator: Milano Metropoli-Agenzia per la Promozione e lo Sviluppo Sostenibile dell'AreaMetropolitana di Milano S.p.A.



WASTE-LESS in CHIANTI - Waste Prevention and Reduction in the Chianti Territory

Year: 2009


01/09/2010-31/12/2013

Coordinator: Provincia di Firenze



NO.WA - NO WASTE

Year: 2010


01/01/2012-31/12/2014

Coordinator: Comune di Reggio Emilia



B.R.A.V.E. - Better Regulation Aimed at Valorising Emas

Year: 2010


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01/10/2012-30/09/2015

Coordinator: Comune di Bologna

Partner:Ambiente Italia

COORDINAMENTO AGENDE 21 LOCALI ITALIANE


Title: IDEMS Integration and development of Environmental Management Systems

Year: 2005

Amount of co-financing: 10.000,00

Duration: 30 months

Coordinating beneficiary: City of Ravenna

Partner: Coordinamento Agende 21 Locali Italiane

Life 07 ENV/IT/000357

Title: LACRE

Local Alliance for Climate Responsibility

Year: 2007

Amount of co-financing: 13.708,00

Duration: 24 months

Coordinating beneficiary:Provincia di Livorno

Partner: Coordinamento Agende 21 Locali Italiane

Life07 INF/IT/000410

Title: GPPinfoNET


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Year: 2010

Amount of co-financing: 60.000, 00

Duration: 40 mesi

Coordinating beneficiary: CNR Istituto di Fisiologia clinica Pisa;

Partner:Coordinamento Agende 21 Locali Italiane

Have you or any of the associated beneficiaries submitted any actions related directly or indirectly to this project to

other European Union financial instruments? To whom? When and with what results?

Neither the Coordinating Beneficiary nor any of the Associated Beneficiaries have submitted any actionrelated directly or indirectly to this project to other EU financial instrument

The LIFE+ call Environment Policy & Governance is the most suitable programme for financing theproposed actions since it is the only Community financial instrument which has a priority areaspecifically focused on Awareness-raising and training concerning implementation, application andenforcement of EU waste legislation for local, regional and national authorities. Establishment ofinstallations in Member States, including all necessary preparatory and supportive measures, in order

to ensure an integrated and adequate network of waste disposal installations and of installations forthe recovery of mixed municipal waste as required by Article 16 of Directive 2008/98/EC on waste (theEU waste framework directive). Development, monitoring and implementation of waste managementplans, waste prevention programmes and measures to encourage the application of the wastehierarchy to be established and applied under the new EU waste framework directive, in particularArticles 4, 28 and 29.

For those actions which fall within the eligibility criteria for financing through other European Union financial

instruments, please explain in full detail why you consider that those actions nevertheless do not fall within themain scope of the instrument(s) in question and are therefore included in the current project.

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TECHNICAL APPLICATION FORMS

Part B - technical summary and overallcontext of the project


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SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT (Max. 3 pages; to be completed in English)

Project title:

Community Composting in a pilot area for waste prevention

The general project objective is to contribute to the effective implementation of European policies onwaste prevention, considering in particular the following priorities of the LIFE+ 2013 Programme:Awareness-raising and training concerning implementation, application and enforcement of EU wastelegislation for local, regional and national authorities. Establishment of installations in MemberStates, including all necessary preparatory and supportive measures, in order to ensure an integratedand adequate network of waste disposal installations and of installations for the recovery of mixedmunicipal waste as required by Article 16 of Directive 2008/98/EC on waste (the EU waste frameworkdirective). Development, monitoring and implementation of waste management plans, wasteprevention programmes and measures to encourage the application of the waste hierarchy to beestablished and applied under the new EU waste framework directive, in particular Articles 4, 28 and29.

The specific objectives are:

to implement community composting in a pilot area renown at European level (the Garda Lake), thusoffering to the European Community a demonstrative case study on the issue; to set up an effective strategy for the implementation of community composting at a largescale, including touristic infrastructures like hotels, overcoming the existing regulatory constraints forthe installation and use of composting machines, detecting the most effective technical solutions andoperational approaches and assessing the related technical and economical feasibility; to assess the environmental, social and economic benefits of community compostingversus alternative solutions for the collection and treatment of the organic waste; to raise the awareness of citizens, at National and European level, on the importance and feasibilityofclosing the organic matter cycle.

Project objectives:

A1 Evaluation of strengths and weaknesses for the implementation of communitycomposting in Italy: analysis of European best practices and of the National and Regional regulatoryand planning framework for the implementation of community composting; review of the permitting

procedures for installing composting machines and assessment of the most effective operationalapproach for the implementation of community composting in the pilot area

B1 Community composting in the pilot area of Gardone Riviera for households: design of thecommunity composting scheme for households; involvement and training of households; purchase andinstallation of composting machines and implementation of community composting

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in the Area

C1 Monitoring the impact of the project actions: monitoring of the technical, environmental andeconomic performance of community composting in the pilot area; monitoring households and touristssatisfaction about community composting; Life Cycle Assessment of community composting versusalternative solutions for bio-waste collection and treatment

D1 Communication and dissemination actions: Project Communication Plan and toolkit; web site;guidelines and toolkit on community composting; institutional support and mainstreaming of projectresults; dissemination of project results in Italy and in Europe

E1 Project management and monitoring of the project progress

E2 Networking with relevant EU funded projects

E3 After LIFE+ Communication Plan

Expected results (outputs and quantified achievements):

Detailed analysis of at least 10 European case studies on community composting and realization of atleast 1 workshop for good practices exchange Defining of an effective strategy to overcome the existing regulatory and planning constraints forthe implementation of community composting, including a simplified permitting procedure for the

installation of composting machines, at least at regional and local level (Province of Brescia andLombardia Region) Purchase and installation of composting machines in the pilot area serving at least 600 householdsand 5 tourism facilities Reduction of total municipal organic waste generation of 25% and of total municipal wastegeneration of 10% in the pilot area of Gardone Riviera Approval of a waste charging system based on the PAYT approach in the municipality of GardoneRiviera, with significantly reduced charging fees for households and tourism facilities applyingcommunity and home composting in the Municipality of Gardone Riviera

Redesign of the waste collection system in the Municipality of Gardone Riviera by eliminating thecollection of organic waste for households and tourism facilities applying community composting Production of high quality compost in all the composting machines installed in the pilot area Local use of all the compost produced by the composting machines installed in the pilot area All citizens and hundreds of tourists informed about community composting and compost use thanksto the communication activities and at least 150 school kids per year involved in the educationalactivities in the pilot area A fully designed implementation strategy for the extension of the community composting to all theMunicipalities of the Garda Uno Consortium (23 Municipalities)

At least 9 Municipalities of the Garda Uno Consortium which confirm their interest in applyingcommunity composting by the end of the project Assessment of the environmental, social and economic benefits of community composting, appliedaccording to the operational approach set up in the project, versus alternative solutions for thecollection and treatment of organic waste Assessment of the potential contribution of community composting, applied according to theoperational approach set up in the project to the reduction of total waste generation


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Waste is a key environmental, social and economic issue. Approximately 3 billion tonnes of waste arethrown away in the European Union annually. Waste management has become increasinglysophisticated, as separate collection and recycling facilities have become commonplace and landfill

and incineration standards have become more rigorous. However, rising global consumption patternsare putting increasing pressure on ecosystems and waste infrastructure.

The 6EAP (20022012) of the European Union mentioned an overall reduction in the volumes of wastegenerated through waste prevention initiatives and a significant reduction in the quantity of wastegoing to disposal. The new 7EAP is currently in preparation; one of its objectives is to implement theorientations detailed in the Roadmap on Resource Efficiency (COM(2011) 571 final) aimed attransforming Europe's economy into a sustainable one by 2050. The Roadmap, adopted in September2011, states that waste has to be regarded as an economic resource and a higher priority needs to be

given to re-use and recycling and incentives for waste prevention and recycling have to be created. Inparticular, the Roadmap includes the following "aspirational targets" for waste management, to beachieved by 2020: reduce per capita waste generation in absolute terms, limit energy recovery to non-recyclable materials, phase out landfilling, ensure high quality recycling and develop markets forsecondary raw materials.

The Thematic Strategy on the Prevention and Recycling of Waste adopted in 2005 sets as long termgoal for the EU to become a recycling society that seeks to avoid waste and uses waste as a resource.To this end, the Strategy sets out key actions to modernize the existing legal framework and to

promote waste prevention, reuse and recycling, with waste disposal only as last resort. TheCommission has published a report in January 2010 on the implementation of the Strategy highlightingthe accomplished progresses and remaining challenges, notably in terms of waste prevention.

The revised Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC) requires the Member States to create nationalwaste prevention programmes by 12 December 2013. The Commission intends, together withEuropean Environment Agency, to evaluate and compare the national Waste Prevention Programmesin 2014. In order to support EU Member States and other interested parties the DG Environmentpublished the handbook: Preparing a Waste Prevention Programme (October 2012). Referring to the

organic waste, in the handbook it is stated that garden waste or food waste composted at home isnot collected, which means that in practice this waste generation is not registered. In this way homecomposting could be regarded as waste prevention.

The sustainable management of organic waste is becoming increasingly important across Europe.Currently the main environmental threat from bio-waste (and other biodegradable waste) is theproduction of methane from such waste decomposing in landfills, which accounted for some 3% of totalgreenhouse gas emissions in the EU-15 in 1995.

A number of EU legal instruments address the issue of treatment of bio-waste. The revised WasteFramework Directive contains specific bio-waste related elements (new recycling targets for householdwaste, which can include bio-waste) and a mechanism allowing setting quality criteria for compost(end-of-waste criteria). Landfilling of bio-waste is addressed in the Landfill Directive (1999/31/EC) whichrequires the diversion of biodegradable municipal waste from landfills. The IPPC Directive (soon to bereplaced by the Industrial Emissions Directive) lays down the main principles for the permitting andcontrol of bio-waste treatment installations of a capacity exceeding 50 tonnes/day The incineration of

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cost of which puts a strain on the budgets of local and regional public authorities. In this context,prevention has become an essential concept in the area of waste management.

In Italy the per capita production reached 536 kg/inh in 2010, a value which is higher than the EU-27average. The Province of Brescia, where the project pilot area is located, with a per capita municipalwaste production of 573 kg/inh in 2011, is the area with the highest per capita production of the

Lombardia Region. From 2001 to 2008, the total waste production gradually increased from 573 kg/inhto 613 kg/inh. In the following period 2008-2011, mainly due to the economic crisis, the wasteproduction decreased to the 2001 level (724.156 tonnes). Separated collection significantly increasedduring the same period, passing from 26,5% (2001) to 44,8% (2011), limiting the total amount of wastesent to final disposal. The organic fraction collected represents 4,9% of total waste produced, only 50%of the average regional value, and 64% of the national one. 82 municipalities of the Province (40%)collect separately the organic waste fraction and 97 municipalities (47%) are supporting householdcomposting through the distribution of home composters (59 municipalities) and economic incentives(48 municipalities). In the Province of Brescia there are 11 composting plants processing 171.618

tonnes of organic waste and producing 60.092 tonnes of compost. The 2016 targets set by theProvincial Waste Management Plan (2009) - waste production of 534 kg/inh and 65% separatedcollection - are still far to be reached.

The Garda Bresciano area, the western part of the Garda Lake (which includes Gardone Riviera), is oneof the most touristic areas of Northern Italy. The touristic flows represent one of the main componentof the waste production registered by the 23 municipalities of the Garda Bresciano. The ConsorzioGarda Uno, which is the local utility in charge of the waste collection and management of the 23municipalities, collects yearly about 100.000 tonnes of municipal waste, about 770 kg/inh (a value

which is 34% higher than the provincial average).

In Gardone Riviera, as many other municipalities of the Garda Bresciano, the touristic flows are veryhigh compared to the population (2.713 inhabitants): in 2010 the registered overnight stays were190.000, and they were mainly concentrated in the summer period. Moreover, in this period, everyyear, there are also 5.000-6.000 persons who are used to stay in Gardone in their holiday houses. InGardone Riviera there are 30 hotels having 1.812 bed places. The per capita waste production issignificantly higher than the average value of the Garda Bresciano area: about 830 kg/inh (55% higherthan the Italian average value). In 2012 the amount of municipal waste produced was about 2.310

tonnes, the same value of 2011. Separated collection is still not well implemented (31,6% in 2012),especially if we compare it to the provincial and regional average, but a new door to door collectionsystem is going to be implemented, in order to reach the 2016 target of 65%. The quantity of organicwaste separately collected in 2012 was 21,8 (3% of the total amount of waste produced).

Gardone Riviera has been selected as pilot area for the development of community compostingbecause:

- the per capita production, mainly due to the touristic flows, is very high: 830 kg/inh, 145% of the

provincial value (573 kg/inh) and 170% of the regional one (485 kg/inh)

- the separated collection rate (31,6%) is lower than the provincial (44,8%) and the regional (50,6%)values and it is still a half of the 2016 target (65%). In particular, the separated collection of theorganic waste represents only 3% of total waste produced, compared to 4,9% of the Province and 9,8%of the Region. This gap is partly due to the difficulties of collecting the waste fractions generated by


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State of the art of the technique or method addressed

The project objective is the prevention of bio-waste generation by applying community composting.Bio-waste is generated mainly by households and businesses and presents enormous waste preventionpotential. The hospitality industry, in particular, faces specific challenges: hotel guests can generate upto a kilo of waste per person per day, making the environmental impact of tourism substantial.

Home/local composting should be regarded as the environmentally most beneficial way of handlingbio-waste, as it saves on transport emissions and costs, assures careful input control and increases theenvironmental awareness of the users. If the compost is used in landscaping or landfill cover anyenvironmental benefits will be very limited. However, if high quality compost is replacing industrialfertilizers, the benefits usually will be significant, contributing to enhanced soil quality and resourceefficiency.

The most common composting scheme are:

- individual composting: the practice of composting individually in the home in ones garden orapartment

- shared composting: the practice of community composting by several households through thedepositing of organic waste and the maintaining of a compost bin/machine

- composting in collective catering: the composting of organic waste that results from the preparationof meals in the collective catering industry and/or leftovers from guests of the establishment

The technique addressed in the project is local composting of bio-waste generated by households or bytourism facilities using composting machines. The examined case studies and available technologiesfor community composting demonstrate that compost produced by the most advanced compostingmachines available in the market is a high quality compost if the input organic material is properlyselected.

The composting machines are small electro-mechanics plants where the aerobic composting process issustained and accelerated by the continuous immission of air and mixing of bio-waste. The best

machines available in the market are mainly produced in Sweden (Joraform, BigHanna).

These machines can be divided into those that, in order to move the material, have a rotating chamberor those that make use of mechanical arms. Another subdivision is the one that sees a single chamberwhere processes take place or those that divide the process into two phases (accelerated stabilizationand first maturation in separate chambers). Some machines (eg BIG HANNA, Beetle) are available atdifferent sizes that allow the dimensioning according to need, while the Joraform is only available inone model. In all the machines, the provision of structuring material is essential in the compostingprocess that requires, inter alia, the right balance between carbon (C) and nitrogen (N). The structuring

material is also crucial to lower the humidity of the mixture. The same humidity could be lowered withthe use of a possible dehydrator place upstream of the system. In the machines for communitycomposting the structuring material is provided mainly by the contribution of sawdust or pellets.Pellets or sawdust may be provided automatically through a pellet dozer or added manually by anoperator. The shredding upstream of the process is also a factor which makes the difference betweenthe machines available in the market. In favor of shredding there is the increase of the aerated surface,


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(France), Brno (Czech Republic) and Porto (Portugal), together with ACR+ (the European network ofcities and regions on waste and resource management) and Irstea (a French research centre oncomposting) tested and disseminated appropriate tools allowing strong implementation and monitoringof actions for organic waste reduction. In particular the greater Porto region developed an interestingexperience of community composting on a large scale through a project initiated by wastemanagement company Lipor implementing and maintaining 75 community composting.

Growing with compost (Financed by EU programme Socrates): an innovative partnership projectwith the aim to develop much needed social economy composting projects across Europe. It providestraining and educational support to organisations and individuals that wish to develop local CommunityComposting initiatives that combining the goals of providing adult education and training throughsocial employment and in providing organic waste management and horticultural services.

Valuing Community Composting: 'Toolkit for Unlocking the Potential of Community Composting': aset of techniques for helping to assess the real value to the Community Composting projects.

Community Composting Network (CCN): the UK-wide organisation that supports and promotescommunity groups, social enterprises and individuals which are involved in producing compost fromgreen/food waste and using it in their local communities. One of the most interesting experience is inDavon.

Concrete experiences of community composting developed at a large scale:

Flanders: 69 active CC sites are in place in Flanders spread over 46 local authorities. Most CC projects

are worn by volunteers. Initiatives originate either from residents themselves or from the localauthority, seldom from real estate project developers and are situated either on public or privateproperty.

Zurich: more than 900 active CC sites are up and running in the city of Zrich. Initiatives originatemostly by the residents themselves. Housing companies play an important role in the set up of CCParks as most CC Parks (infrastructure and equipment) in Zrich are financed by them (up to 70%).Each CC Park is run by one or more volunteers.

Nantes: In Nantes a community composting project was launched by the Compostri associationinvolving part of the 25% of citizens living in block of flats. Till now 70 CC sites have been developedgiving the opportunity for residents of the same neighbourhood or from the same housing group tomeet. Participants take turns on a weekly basis to ensure its continuation, and each person is requiredto exchange duties with each another.

Proposed innovations, new elements and improvements

With respect to existing experiences analysed in preparation of the project proposal, the proposed

approach sets up a comprehensive and effective strategy for the implementation of communitycomposting at a large scale, thus adding new elements to the way available technologies areimplemented. The approach includes the following elements:

- applying community composting in touristic areas both by households and by tourism facilities,detecting the most effective technical solutions and operational approaches for integrating community


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Assessment and Life Cycle Thinking to planning the management of bio-waste);

- raising the awareness of citizens, at National and European level, on the importance and feasibility ofclosing the organic matter cycle.


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Technical scale of the project

As described, the Project focus is not on new technologies development but on process and methods to

successfully integrate policies and already existing technologies. Anyway it is possible to state that theproject is a full-scale application in the Italian context, based on a preliminary pilot application atmunicipal scale.

During the first year of the project implementation, in fact, project activities will be developed at pilotscale, implementing community composting in the Municipality of Gardone Riviera in order to test andrefine the implementation approach foreseen in the project (actions B1, B2, B3, B4, B5).

Based on the results gained and the lesson learnt in the pilot area, community composting will be

promoted also in the other 22 municipalities of the Garda Bresciano Area served by Consorzio GardaUno: a Master Plan for the full implementation of community composting in the entire area will bedesigned and the municipalities interested in implementing community composting will be supportedby project partners in the design of the executive project and in the purchase and installation of thecomposting machines (actions B.6).

Demonstration purposes and tools

The partnership is adequate for demonstration purposes, considering that waste prevention at source

by applying community composting is closely linked to the improvement of waste manage services andto the change of waste collection habits by households and other non domestic users. Municipalitiesand waste management utilities are in a very good position to act on the issue for several reasons:

- they are responsible for the organization of the waste collection and management service;

- they are close to citizens and best placed to provide them with reliable information

- they are in direct contact with key actors at the local level: schools, tourist operators,

farmers, environmental and trade associations.

Local communication campaigns (Action B5 and B6) will drive the key messages to all citizens, touristsand key stakeholders. Actions and tools applied and refined during the project will be an example oflocal communication campaign for promoting community composting available also for otherterritories.

Moreover the demonstration character will be played at National and European level too, by means of awide dissemination strategy (Action D1). The final scope is in fact to demonstrate to other territories

that waste prevention through the implementation of community composting can be a very effectivestrategy for tackling the project issue.

The demonstration purposes are particularly relevant at the National scale, since in Italy communitycomposting at present is applied in few realities and only at small scale, not affecting the organizationof the bio-waste collection services in the involved areas. Instead, the orographic feature of the Italianterritory and the presence of many small Municipalities distant from the composting plants makes this

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The projects results and approaches will be disseminated at the European level as well, submittingthem for presentations at European conferences on the issue. To ensure that the results of the projectare being used to inform policy making at the highest levels a communication line will be set up withthe cooperation of ICLEI and ACR+, focused to engage Institutions as the main DGs involved, EEA, theParliament. A policy document will be produced, and addressed to European policy makers. Its aim is

to propose improvements to current European and national regulations which could lead to orpositively influence the legal situation in order to integrate methods suggested by the Project in thelegal and planning framework and then to create favourable conditions in many European countries.The recommendations are based on the practical experiences investigated within this project.

Results monitoring

In order to effectively disseminate the project results and approaches, a special effort will be devotedto monitoring of results (action C1). The effectiveness of the collective composting strategy designed

and implemented within the project in tackling the issue will be evaluated taking into account the needto apply the waste hierarchy defined by the EU waste framework directive and also to minimize theenvironmental, economic and social impact of project actions, with respect to alternative solutions.

Three main aspects will be monitored, applying three different methods:

1. Monitoring of the technical, environmental and economic performance of communitycomposting in the pilot area, based on monitoring the yearly trends of waste generation andmanagement and the related collection costs; monitoring performance parameters of the waste

collection service in order to evaluate its efficiency (service productivity); monitoring performanceindicators of the community composting service, both for the single composting machine both on thewhole pilot area.

2. Monitoring of the social acceptability of the new collection service by households involvedand the opinion of tourists about the service, by submitting questionnaires targeted to households andtourists and reporting yearly the results;

3. Evaluation of environmental impact of community composting in comparison to alternative

collection and treatment schemes for bio-waste, by applying the structured and comprehensiveapproach of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).

The monitoring strategy will also include communication tools and materials, aimed at showingperiodically to citizens and stakeholders the results gained and the effectiveness of their efforts inreducing waste. These tools and materials will be produced adopting a simple language and a graphicdesign clearly showing the performance of main indicators as compared to the initial situation,objectives and expected results. They will consist, at least, in:

- a results monitoring web-page in the project web-site (Action D1);

- 3 yearly monitoring reports (Action C1).

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greenhouse gases - would be the production of good quality compost that contribute to improve soilquality and crop health, reducing chemical usage and allowing more efficient use of resources. Thesebenefits are in line with the EU Nitrates Directive (91/676/EEC) and the new EU Roadmap on ResourceEfficiency (COM(2011) 571 final).

The project aims to install 15 composting machines in the pilot area, serving at least 600 households

and 5 tourism facilities: this will avoid the production of about 300 tonnes of waste (25% of the totalbio-waste produced). If the project would be extended to the 23 municipalities of the Garda Brescianoarea, setting a minimum target of a 25% reduction of the bio-waste component, it has been evaluatedthat about 450 composting machines would be needed. In this case the total yearly amount of theorganic waste collected to be composted would be about 9.000 tonnes (about 70 kg/inh).

The first monitoring results coming from this pilot area are expected by the end of the second year ofthe project. These results could be used to verify the effectiveness of the measures proposed andcould turn useful for DG ENV communication campaigns about organic waste reduction.

Transferability and geographical scope

The geographical scale of the project will be mainly local and national due to the demonstrationpurposes. The local scale implementation is guaranteed from the direct involvement of the municipalityof Gardone Riviera and the local waste management utility Consorzio Garda Uno covering 23municipalities. The CA21L public administration network, together with the support of ANCI - theNational Associations of Italian Municipalities - (that signed a declaration of support to the Co.Compostproject) will guarantee a good national coverage too. Moreover, the fact that the project has been

developed in an internationally renowned territory (Garda Lake) represents a potential success factorthat could contribute to the project results marketing.

The project results could be of particular interest for all that touristic areas throughout Europe that arecharacterized by a small population and, at the same time, host a great number of tourists which, ingeneral, are concentrated in specific periods of the year. All the administrations in this areas have todeal with a huge amount of per capita municipal waste, where the organic component is quite high. InItaly, for example, many touristic territories, both seaside and mountain resorts, show a per capitawaste production which is higher than 1.000 kg/inh: (Riccione: 1.042 kg, Monterosso 1.228 kg, Livigno

1.080 kg, Cortina dAmpezzo 1.091 kg). Moreover, the results obtained from the sperimentation in the5 selected tourism facilities could be easily transferred to all that activities characterized by thepreparation of meals (school canteens, hospitals, collective catering etc.)

The financial feasibility of the investment is a fundamental condition for its transferability: after a firstevaluation, which is based on technical data and need to be further examined through theimplementation of the project, it can be estimated that the avoided collection and disposal costs couldguarantee a payback period of the investment from 3 to 6 years, depending on the distance of thetreatment plants and the related costs (in the Italian context, transport and treatment costs in

composting plants start at 130-150 per tonne up to more than 250 euro per tonne).

Ambiente Italia and CA21L has a broad experience in European networking activities involvinginternational associations of local authorities like ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability, UBC Union of Baltic Cities, Eurocities and ACR+ - Association of Cities and Regions for Recycling andsustainable Resource management. The projects results and approaches, starting from the first year of


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SOCIO-ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE PROJECT

The first economic effect of the project will be the reduction of the costs of the waste management

service in the Pilot area. This effect will be gained thanks to two main project results:

1. the redesign of the waste collection system in the Municipality of Gardone Riviera, by eliminating thecollection of organic waste for households and tourism facilities applying community composting,which will significantly reduce the routes of vehicles used for bio-waste collection and the related costsof the service;

2. the significantly reduced quantities of bio-waste sent to final disposal (at least -25% of bio-waste and-10% of total waste), which will imply a reduction in the transport and waste disposal costs.

The monitoring of project results in the pilot area (action C1, task C1.1 in particular) will consent toevaluate in detail the economic effects of the project actions on the costs of waste managementservices at municipal level, thus providing fundamental information for the dissemination of theapproach in other municipalities.

Community composting will have social and economic effects also on citizens, both because thegeneral reduction in the costs of waste management services should imply a reduction in wastecollection fees for each user of the service (households and non domestic users), both because the

service will be implemented together with a revision of the waste charging system based on the PAYTapproach, with significantly reduced fees for households and tourism facilities applying community andhome composting.

In the implementation of the service, particular attention will be also paid to the social acceptability ofthe new service, both evaluating carefully the accessibility profiles of composting machines byhouseholds involved (proximity principle), both avoiding the introduction of community composting forhouseholds with reduced mobility capacity (aged or disabled people).

The social acceptability of the community composting service will be evaluated by submitting specificquestionnaires to citizens and tourists (Action C1, task C1.2) and the results of this monitoring activitywill be important to refine the approach for implementing community composting at municipal level.

Other socio-economic effects that will be evaluated within the project, within the monitoring activity,will also be:

as a best practice in the field of the efficient use of the organic waste resources characterizing arenown touristic area like the Garda Lake.


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Due to the aims of CO.COMPOST Project, many efforts will be developed to provide good examplesabout how to reduce energy and materials consumption also during its management.

Project events, conferences, publications, will be designed with the aim to reduce their carbon footprintwith a focus on waste prevention. Organising conferences and workshops, buffet or lunches will bedesigned with the aim to reduce food waste and limiting high carbon footprint diets, as meat or far

distance products. When realising Project publications, will be used Cutting paper criteria or as littlematerial will be printed as possible (printed materials will only use recycled or FSC paper) andcommunication will be done electronically.

E-dematerialization will be implemented in all project work meaning that in order to reduce CO2emissions brought about by project mobility, electronic collaboration tools will be taken into efficientuse from the very beginning of the project so as to minimize moving people around (and so creating aslittle paper waste as possible). The number of project meetings will be kept at a minimum in order toreduce emissions relate to transports. Each partner team member will have a Skype account and web

based conference call will be largely used.

Train will be used (against car or plane) whenever is possible. Short and medium distance travel todestinations not easily reachable by train will be done preferably using GPL or naturals gas poweredcars. Medium and long travel will be planned on train when the duration of the journey does not exceedthe 5 hours, otherwise plane will be accepted.

As every-day collaboration tools, e-mail, phone, electronic calendars, internet forums and instantmessaging will be made as the main channels of communicating.

Moreover due to the fact that Ambiente Italia is partner of AzzeroCO2 it can offer carbon offsets onthe voluntary market for the GHG emissions associated with Project activity, by purchasing carboncredits from projects that are verified by independent third parties.http://www.azzeroco2.it/images/stories//companyoverview.pdf


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Target groups and methods for dissemination of knowledge

The active involvement of households and tourism facilities operators in the pilot area is crucial for thesuccessful implementation of project actions. The objectives of waste prevention, generation of a highquality compost and of compost use can be effectively pursued only if citizens will correctly separateand dispose their organic waste.

Within the context of implementing composting systems at the bottom of residential blocks, theinvolvement of apartment block administrators could be essential because they have excellentknowledge in the area concerned of the property stock and of their residents. They are therefore in aposition to direct the local authority towards sites that could potentially be equipped with compost

areas.

Anyhow, in order to stimulate a positive and pro-active response from citizens and operators involvedin the implementation of community composting is very important to raise the awareness of the wholelocal community in the pilot area on the environmental and economic benefits of the initiative in orderto gain a wide support. The communication of the initiative to tourists can also increase theattractiveness of Gardone Riviera and become a key element for the territorial marketing of thearea.

Other stakeholders that need to be involved are:

Public authorities: beside the staff of Gardone Riviera municipality and Consorzio Garda Uno, directlyinvolved in the implementation of the project actions according to their partner responsibilities, therewill be involved in the project also:

public-works managers and staff, for the authorizative process and for the installation andmaintenance of the composting machines.

municipal councils, for the financial scheme for waste collection.

provincial and regional authorities, for the approval of the new regulatory framework for thepermitting procedures.

Farmers and their organizations (Serre, Coldiretti, CIA): they will be involved in the implementation ofthe actions for the development of the markets demand side for compost. Civil society, associations and NGOs (Legambiente, Cauto..and others): they will be involved in theimplementation of information and communication activities foreseen.

Households and tourism facilities operators will be involved through information and communicationactivities target-oriented, like the organization of informative public meetings, good-practice exchangemeetings, door-to-door informative tours, training courses on the use of compost (tasks B.1.2, B.2.2,B4.2).

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At European level

- European institutions in charge for the implementation of waste managementstrategies and related policies

- Local decisional makers engaged in waste management strategies;

- Relevant stakeholders able to drive the Project key messages to local authoritiesand to develop a bottom up pressure to European and local decisional makers (in particular Europeannetworks such as ICLEI, ACR+)

Moreover additional target is represented by other LIFE+ projects and specialists in the fields coveredby the project, with the aim to share results, to avoid overlapping and to strength synergies betweeninitiatives ( action E2).

These target groups will be reached by the communication and dissemination activities and toolsdesigned in action D1 and by the networking activities foreseen in action E1.

In particular, the most importan target group at National level, represented by local authorities, will beinvolved in specific training courses on community composting and site visits to the pilot area ofGardone Riviera, organized by CA21L in cooperation with ANCI - The National Association of ItalianMunicipalities - which will be very effective for demonstrating to other territories the efficacy ofcommunity composting and the operational approach for its implementation.


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EXPECTED CONSTRAINTS AND RISKS RELATED TO THE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION AND HOW THEY WILL

BE DEALT WITH (CONTINGENCY PLANNING)

The Project presents a main constraint related to the permitting procedures which need to beaccomplished in order to install the community composting machines and implement community

composting. While in many EU countries is not requested authorization under a specific treatmentcapacity, in Italy the legal vacuum existing as to simplified permitting procedures for small scaletreatment plants suggests a more cautious approach and many Regions and Provinces require forcomposting machines an authorization procedure to be followed as per art. 208 of Legislative Decree152/06 "Single authorization for new waste disposal and recycling ", the so-called ordinary procedure,which is typical for the authorization of waste treatment plants.

Considering this potential risk, a devoted preparatory action has been introduced in the project foridentifying a simplified permitting procedures, based also on the direct involvement of the Province of

Brescia, responsible for granting to the municipalities the permission, and the Lombardia Region, whichhas legislative power on waste management at regional level.

Beyond this major constraint, some minor potential risks and related dealing strategies have beenidentified in the project, as listed below:

- The regional and provincial authorities will not cooperate in defining a simplified permittingprocedure for the composting machines (Action A1/B1/B2): their interest in the project has alreadybeen solicited during the preparation of the present proposal and both Regione Lombardia and

Provincia di Brescia have agreed in supporting the project and in cooperating with project partners fordefining a simplified permitting procedure (see support letters).

- Previous project beneficiaries or best practices developers will not cooperate and promptlyprovide information on their experience and will not participate in the exchange and networkingactivities (Action A1): we consider this risk low since the beneficiaries of project and best practiceswould most probably have dissemination interests and responsibilities as to the results of theirproject/experiences.

- Households will not cooperate in the implementation of community composting (Action B1):interested households will be carefully informed and supported in the implementation of communitycomposting and they will be incentivized by introducing discounts in the waste collection fees (seeAction B3). Anyone can use the composter, it is quite simple, and no previous knowledge is needed.

- Local impacts of the composting machines (Action B1/B2): the previous experience ofcommunity composting and the technical specifications of the composting machines available in themarket, examined in the preparation of the present proposal, testify that the environmental effects ofcommunity composting are significantly positive. The only potential risks can be related to the visual

impact of the hosting structures on the surroundings and to the odours eventually produced by thecomposting process. To minimize the first risk, particular attention will be dedicated to theidentification of the suitable sites, analyzing in detail the visual impact of the hosting structures byapplying the evaluation methods used in EIA studies, based on GIS analysis and 3D rendering. As forthe odours problem, experience shows that in the composting machines the risk is very low and relatedto malfunctioning of the machines and can be solved by assuring optimal composting process


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foreseen in task B4.1 will consent to verify in continuous if the quality of compost is alwaysguaranteed.

- Municipalities of the Garda Bresciano Area will not be interested in the implementation ofcommunity composting (Action B6): their general interest in following project activities has already

been declared in the supporting letters annexed to the project proposal, thus we expect that they willat least actively participate to the work group. Since we also expect that the pilot experience willtestify that the implementation of community composting consents to obtain relevant savings in thecosts of the waste collection service, we also assume that at least the municipalities that have alreadydeclared their support will be interested in replicating the initiative.

- Households and tourists will not compile satisfaction questionnaires (Action C1): thecommunication campaign foreseen in Action B5 will sensitize citizens and tourists on the importance oftheir evaluation about the quality of the service in order to properly refine and optimize the service

delivery

- Difficulties in applying the LCA internationally standardised method to waste managementservices (Action C1): AMBIT, responsible partner for the implementation of this action, already appliessince many years a simplified LCA approach to waste management services, focused on a comparisonof different waste management options, not covering the entire life cycle of the products which havebecome waste, as required in LCA applied to products, but considering all the activities related towaste management: prevention, reuse and preparation for reuse, collection, treatment and finaldisposal. The methodology is applied according to international reference guidelines (see in particular:

Supporting Environmentally Sound Decisions for Bio-Waste Management, A practical guide to LifeCycle Thinking (LCT) and Life Cycle Assessment, produced by JRC, EUR 24917 EN - 2011) and iscoherent with the methodological recommendations of the ISO 14040 and EPD rules

- Staff turnover (Action E1): the coordinating and all associated beneficiaries will beresponsible for selecting employees able to timely replace those who, for whatever reason, can nolonger participate in the activities of the project.

- Non-fulfilment of execution of certain activities by an associated partner (Action E1): AMBIT,

as beneficiary, shall stipulate a Partnership Agreement with other partner where tasks and duties willbe set for the execution of the project and procedures for dealing with defaulting partners defined. Thefrequent updates provided by the Partners should reduce the risk of strong delays or non-fulfilment byPartners. Remedial actions to be put in place will be discussed and agreed by the Steering Committeebefore implementation.

In general, solutions to potential risks have been set up in the Project proposal by means of aneffective Project management (Action E1), guaranteed also by the wide experience of the coordinatingbeneficiary, AMBIT, in managing LIFE+ projects. Potential risks have been taken into account also in

the timing and in the budget of the Project, allocating to the preparatory phase (Action A1) and to theMonitoring phase (Action C1) adequate resources and enough starting up development duration andMoreover the general timing of the project has been defined in a way that some eventual delays in theaccomplishment of the permitting procedures will not affect the achievement of project objectives butwill just require some adjustments in the work plan.


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CONTINUATION / VALORISATION OF THE PROJECT RESULTS AFTER THE END OF THE PROJECT

After the end of the project, the implementation of Community composting in the Municipality of

Gardone Riviera will be continued according to the approach defined within the project, since at thattime the new service will be perfectly integrated in the waste management system of the Municipality.

According to the results gained during the project, community composting in Gardone Riviera couldalso be extend to more households and tourism facilities operators, thus obtaining a higher reductionin bio-waste and total waste generation than expected.

The results gained in Gardone Riviera will determine also the extension of community compostingimplementation in the other municipalities of the Garda Bresciano Area, which will be carried out soon

after the end of the project thanks to own financial resources by the interested municipalities.

Communication and dissemination activities, both at local, National and European level, will be alsocarried out after the end of the project according to the After LIFE communication plan.

Which actions will have to be carried out or continued after the end of the project?

How will this be achieved, what resources will be necessary to carry out these actions?

The maintenance of community composting in Gardone Riviera will not require additional financialresources, since at the end of the project the service will be definitely included in the wastemanagement scheme of the municipality and it is expected that it will produce cost savings in theservice delivery.

The financial resources required by the other municipalities of the Garda Bresciano Area for theimplementation of community composting in their territories, needed for the purchase of the

composting machines and related hosting structures, will be invested directly by the municipalitiesconsidering the return of investment time which is expected to be of few years thanks to the expectedcost saving in the waste collection service. The exact financial resources needed and the related ROIrate will be determined in detail within action B6, since they will be included in the Master Plan for theextension of community composting to the municipalities of the Garda Bresciano Area.

The resources needed to continue the communication and dissemination activities after the end of theproject will be determined while defining the After LIFE communication plan and will be guaranteedmainly by the coordinating beneficiary, which will have a direct interest in promoting the

implementation of the project approach in other municipalities, and by CA21L, which has among itsstatutory purposes the dissemination of best practices to local authorities.

To what extent will the results and lessons of the project be actively disseminated after the end of the project to

those persons and/or organisations that could best make use of them (please identify these


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- Local decisional makers engaged in waste management strategies

- Relevant stakeholders able to drive the Project key messages to local authorities and to develop abottom up pressure to European and local decisional makers (in particular European networks such as

ICLEI, ACR+)

Moreover additional target is represented by other LIFE+ projects and specialists in the fields coveredby the project, with the aim to share results, to avoid overlapping and to strength synergies betweeninitiatives (see action E2).

Cooperation and networking with different key organizations for mainstreaming project results, asforeseen in action E2, will also play a relevant role and enlarge networking capacity.

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TECHNICAL APPLICATION FORMS

Part C detailed technical description of the

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A. Preparatory actions (if needed)

A1 Evaluation of strengths and weaknesses for the implementation of community composting in Italy

B. Implementation actions

B1 Community composting in the pilot area of Gardone Riviera: households

B2 Community composting in the pilot area of Gardone Riviera: tourism facilities

B3 Review of waste collection scheme and charging system in the pilot area of Gardone Riviera

B4 Compost use and marketing in the pilot area of Gardone Riviera

B5 Information and communication campaign in the pilot area of Gardone Riviera

B6 Extension of community composting in the municipalities of the Garda Bresciano Area

C. Monitoring of the impact of the project actions (obligatory)

C1 Monitoring of the impact of community composting

D. Communication and dissemination actions (obligatory)

D1 Communication and dissemination in Italy and Europe

E. Project management and monitoring of the project progress (obligatory)

E1 Project management and monitoring of the project progress

E2 Networking relevant EU funded projects (LIFE+ and other EU Programmes)

E3 After LIFE+ Communication Plan

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A. Preparatory actions

ACTION A.1: Evaluation of strengths and weaknesses for the implementation ofcommunity composting in Italy

Description and methods employed (what, how, where and when):Preliminary studies and best practices surveys on community composting have been already carried out bythe project partners in order to detect the available technologies and the operational approaches foreffectively implementing community composting, as well as for evaluating the related environmentalperformances and technical and economical feasibility. In particular, beside documentary studies, a site visitto the Swedish town of Mlby, were community composting is practiced by households, has already beendone in 2011 by the Municipality of Gardone Riviera. These preliminary activities have already been veryuseful for defining the implementation strategy already stated within the project proposal, but at the sametime they have highlighted some further needs of analysis, in order to refine the implementation strategy and

to overcome some existing constraints detected in the Italian context. These activities will be carried outthrough the tasks described below.

TASKS DESCRIPTION

TASK A1.1 Analysis of European best practices and available technologies. Results of previous best practicesand demonstration projects about waste prevention and management of the organic waste, financed throughthe LIFE programme and other EU programmes or other interesting case studies (at national and internationallevel) will be analyzed in detail, with particular reference to those applying community composting. This

activity will emphasize the successful results obtained, lesson learnt and the methods adopted in othercontexts and will also review the performances of the available technologies for community composting. Abrief review of some of the projects has already been done for the preparation of this proposal (partially listedin form B2). The projects will be analyzed in order to capitalize the lesson learnt within other experience andto obtain benchmarks for the evaluation and monitoring of project results. A database of best practices willbe prepared, both in Italian and English version. A contact person of each best practice will be identified andinvited to take part in a technical workshop for the exchange of experience that will be organized within theproject.

TASK A1.2 Analysis of the National and Regional regulatory and planning framework for the implementation ofcommunity composting and review of the permitting procedures for installing composting machines. A reviewof the National and Regional regulatory and planning framework has been already carried out for preparingthe present proposal. During the starting phase of the project it will be updated in order to take into accountany new rule or plan of interest for the implementation of the project. In the development of this task it will becrucial, in particular, to analyze the permitting procedures foreseen for the installation of the compostingmachines in order to define, in cooperation with the regional and provincial authorities, a simplified andeffective approach for this kind of facilities, at present lacking in the Italian regulation.

TASK A1.3 Assessment of the most effective operational approach for the implementation of communitycomposting in the pilot area. Based on the results of the two previous tasks, a detailed work plan andmanagement programme will be defined.

TIMING: July 2014-December 2014

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agreed in supporting the project and in cooperating with project partners for defining a simplified permittingprocedure

Beneficiary responsible for implementation:AMBIT

Expected results (quantitative information when possible): Detailed analysis and involvement of at least 10 European and National case studies on waste preventionand management of the organic waste; Defining of an effective strategy to overcome the existing regulatory and planning constraints for theimplementation of community composting, including a simplified permitting procedure for the installation ofcomposting machines, at least at regional and local level Realization of at least 1 workshop for good practices exchange on community composting and organicwaste management

Indicators of progress:

Database on best practices by November 2014; Workshop for good practices exchange by December 2014; Permitting procedures for the installation of composting machines in the pilot area defined by November2014; Detailed work plan and management program defined by December 2014.

Responsibilities in case several beneficiaries are implicated:the Municipality of Gardone Riviera and Consorzio Garda Uno will promote the involvement of the regionaland provincial authorities in defining the permitting procedures

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ACTION B.1: Community composting in the pilot area of Gardone Riviera: households

Description and methods employed (what, how, where and when):

Based on the results of the preparatory action A1, within this action the detailed design for theimplementation of community composting by households in the municipality of Gardone Riviera, theinformation and active involvement of the interested households, the purchase and installation of thecomposting machines and finally their use by households for the treatment of their organic waste will becarried out. The exact technical specifications of the composting machines and the design of the hostingstructures will be defined in detail within the project, but the preliminary idea is as follows:

composting machine: fully automatic large compost machines, with a capacity of up to 700 liters/week,dimensions of about 300x120cmx150cm (LxWxH). The technical specifications for the composting machines

will include the following features, which ensure optimal composting process conditions:

a two-chamber composting system, where fresh waste is continually being added to the first chamberthen, after two weeks, the mixture is transferred to the second chamber, where it is allowed to maturewithout coming into contact with any more fresh waste. The material in each chamber can be inspected andsampled via the inspection hatches, thus allowing total control over the composting process and ensuring thatthe machine is emptied only when the compost has fully ripened; an integral grinder, which ensures all waste is finely ground before it enters the chamber, enabling a rapid

and thorough composting process;

an integral fan-assisted ventilation process, helping to keep moisture content at the correct level andassures no need for an additional de-watering system; a pellets dozer, which ensures the amount of pellets needed each time waste is added is dispensed

automatically. This is one important factor in ensuring a completely finished end product; mixing of the material carried out automatically, and the frequency of mixing in both chambers can be

altered independently to ensure correct oxygenation of the mix. The air-flow through the machine can also beadjusted to help control moisture levels. hosting structures: wooden prefabricated houses, accessible by households using personalized electronicmemory sticks, dimensions of about 500cmx300cmx300cm (LxWxH)

The detailed description of the tasks foreseen is related below.

TASKS DESCRIPTION

Task B1.1 Design of the community composting scheme for households: identification of the municipal areasand related households to be involved in community composting and dimensioning of the treatmentcapacities based on the quantities and quality of organic waste to be treated; for each area identification ofthe most suitable site for installing the composting machine and identification/design of the structure that will

host the machine, considering in particular the importance of minimizing the visual impact of the structure onthe surroundings, considering also the high value of landscape in Gardone Riviera, and of maximizing theaccessibility by households (proximity principle); design of the executive project for installing the compostingmachines and of the technical specifications for the purchase of the composting machines.

Task B1.2 Involvement and training of households: organization of informative public meetings for


TASK B1.1: September-October 2014 identification of municipal areas and treatment needs; November-December 2015 sites identification and design of hosting structures and design of executive project andtechnical specifications for purchasing the composting machines;

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technical specifications for purchasing the composting machines;

TASK B1.2:January-February 2015 organization of informative meetings with households; March-April 2015realization of informative tours; continuous informative support to households will be also guaranteed (seeaction B5)

TASK B1.3:January-February 2015 accomplishment of the permitting procedures;

TASK B1.4: January 2015 purchasing of the composting machines; February-April 2015 realization of thehosting structures, installation and testing of the machines.

TASK B1.5: May-September 2015 launch of the implementation and testing phase of community composting;from October 2015 on, full workability of community composting, with yearly review of compostingperformances and results gained and continuous control, management and maintenance of the composting

machines and sites.

Constraints and assumptions:Households will not cooperate in the implementation of community composting: interested households will becarefully informed and supported in the implementation of community composting and they will beincentivized by introducing discounts in the waste collection fees (see Action B3). Anyone can use the

composter, it is quite simple, and no previous knowledge is needed.

Local impacts of the composting machines: the previous experience of community composting and thetechnical specifications of the composting machines available in the market, examined in the preparation ofthe present proposal, testify that the environmental effects of community composting are significantlypositive. The only potential risks can be related to the visual impact of the hosting structures on thesurroundings and to the odours eventually produced by the composting process. To minimize the first risk,particular attention will be dedicated to the identification of the suitable sites, analysing in detail the visualimpact of the hosting structures by applying the evaluation methods used in EIA studies, based on GIS

analysis and 3D rendering. As to the odours problem, experience shows that in the composting machines therisk is very low and related to malfunctioning of the machines and can be solved by assuring optimalcomposting process conditions. The potential risk is thus minimized by assuming the technical specificationslisted above in the description of methods employed.

Difficulties in the permitting procedures: the involvement of Provincia di Brescia and Regione Lombardia inthe preparatory activity A1, as well as their already declared interest in the project, will consent to minimizethese potential difficulties. Moreover, the general timing of the project has been defined in a way that someeventual delays in the accomplishment of the permitting procedures will not affect the achievement of project

objectives but will just require some adjustments in the work plan.

Beneficiary responsible for implementation:GARDONE



Executive project for installing the composting machines and technical specifications for their purchasing by

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Executive project for installing the composting machines and technical specifications for their purchasing byDecember 2014; Informative meetings for households by February 2015; Purchase and installation of the composting machines by April 2015; Full workability of the composting machines by September 2015;

Yearly Reports on the community composting performances and results by June 2016 and June 2017.



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ACTION B.2: Community composting in the pilot area of Gardone Riviera: tourismfacilities

Description and methods employed (what, how, where and when):Based on the results of the preparatory action A1, within this action the detailed design for theimplementation of community composting by tourism facilities in the municipality of Gardone Riviera, theinformation and active involvement of the interested parties, the purchase and installation of the compostingmachines and finally their use by tourism facilities sites for the treatment of their organic waste will be carriedout. As for community composting by households, the exact technical specifications of the compostingmachines will be defined in detail within the project, but they will be the same kind of machines used byhouseholds. As to the hosting structures, the machines will be most probably installed inside the tourismfacilities structures, even though the exact location will be defined in the project development.

The detailed description of the tasks foreseen is related below.

TASKS DESCRIPTION

Task B2.1 Design of the community composting scheme for tourism facilities. Analysis of total organic wastegeneration by tourism facilities in the pilot area and dimensioning of the potential treatment capacity in caseall the tourism facilities would apply community composting. Detailed analysis and site visits to the tourismfacilities interested in applying community composting in order to identify the suitable sites and structures for

installing the composting machines. For each site, detailed dimensioning of the composting machines,defining of the related technical specifications for their purchase, design of the executive project for installingthe composting machines.

Task B2.2 Involvement and training of tourism facilities operators. Organization of informative meetings forpresenting and discussing the project idea with the tourism facilities operators (at least 2 meetings), incooperation with the C.A.R.G. Consorzio Albergatori Riviera del Garda; identification of the operatorsinterested in applying community composting (as a minimum, community composting will be applied by 5operators that have already declared their interest to C.A.R.G.); site visits and technical meetings with the

interested operators in order to set up the detailed implementation plan and executive project.

Task B2.3 Accomplishment of the permitting procedures for composting machines. According to thepermitting procedure defined in Action A1, accomplishment of the procedure requirements and obtaining ofthe permits.

Task B2.4 Purchase and installation of composting machines by tourism facilities sites. According to thetechnical specification defined and to the executive project designed within task B2.1, purchase of thecomposting machines, realization of the hosting structures, installation and testing of the machines.

Task B2.5 Implementation of community composting by tourism facilities. full workability of communitycomposting, according to the scheme and design defined in task B2.1; control and maintenance of thecommunity composting machines and sites.

TIMING: September 2014 June 2017


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Constraints and assumptions:Tourism facilities operators will not cooperate in community composting: tourism facilities operators will becarefully informed and supported in the implementation of community composting and they will obtain, as an

incentive, a reduction in the waste collection fee. The co-financing given by the C.A.R.G underline the interestof tourist operators in the project.

Local impacts of the composting machines: the previous experience of community composting and thetechnical specifications of the composting machines available in the market, examined in the preparation ofthe present proposal, testify that the environmental effects of community composting are significantlypositive. The only potential risks can be related to the visual impact of the hosting structures on thesurroundings and to the odours eventually produced by the composting process. As to the first risk, in thiscase the machines will be hosted inside the tourism facilities structures, thus there will not be visual impacts

on the surroundings. As to the potential generation of odours during the composting process, experienceshows that in the composting machines the risk is very low and related to malfunctioning of the machines andcan be solved by assuring optimal composting process conditions. The potential risk is thus minimized byassuming the technical specifications listed in the description of methods employed in action B1.

Difficulties in the permitting procedures: the involvement of Provincia di Brescia and Regione Lombardia inthe preparatory activity A1, as well as their already declared interest in the project, will consent to minimizethese potential difficulties. Moreover, the general timing of the project has been defined in a way that someeventual delays in the accomplishment of the permitting procedures will not affect the achievement of project

objectives but will just require some adjustments in the work plan.

Beneficiary responsible for implementation:GARDONE

Expected results (quantitative information when possible): Purchase and installation of composting machines by at least 5 tourism facilities sites

Reduction of total municipal organic waste generation of 25% and of total municipal waste generation of10%


Responsibilities in case several beneficiaries are implicated:

AMBIT will be responsible for analyzing the treatment needs for organic waste generated by tourism facilities,for identifying the most suitable sites for installing the composting machines and for dimensioning thetreatment needs within task B2.1 and for supporting GARDONE in the development of tasks B2.2, B2.3 andB2.4. GARDA UNO will be responsible for supporting the Municipality in the development of Task B2.5, withreference to the control of the composting machines and sites



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ACTION B.3: Review of waste collection scheme and charging system in the pilot area ofGardone Riviera

Description and methods employed (what, how, where and when):The introduction of community composting in the pilot area necessarily implies a review of the wastecollection service, since organic waste will not be collected anymore by th

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