Materials and Waste: Week 4

In the future closed circular system, the biological waste stream will be dealt in a sustainable way, by not considering it as “waste”. The biological waste sub-system will be an active and intelligent net exchanging all the waste streams. To make this happen, there will be the need for the introduction of new facilities, new systems and technologies, new laws, even new behaviours.   Now the…

The technologies The most important aspect of the new system is not being in contrast with the old technologies. The new technologies will be completely integrated on the current system and they will be part of a new way of dealing with biological waste. The main technologies to be introduced are the bio-digester, the aquaculture and worm farming, the composting facility and the mushroom…

From the previous paragraph can be concluded that in order to achieve the desired direction (the future design), several aspects have to change. An important aspect is the behaviour of the involved actors (the households, the companies but also the tourists). The waste needs to be reconsidered as food for other parts of the new net. To make this happen all the waste produced on the island need to…