Summary of the International Conference on Recycling and Treatment of Organic Waste in the Agro-Tourism Sphere

The International Conference on Recycling and Treatment of Organic Waste in the Agro-Tourism Sphere took place at Tel Hai Academic College on 12 June 2014, with 370 participants, the Minister of Environmental Protection and Ministry staff, representatives from regional authorities and environmental NGOs, consultants and experts in the field, and recycling and processing companies.

Among the exhibitors were Dolev, Koala and Argolan – companies that provide different solutions for waste separation and containers in a variety of colors, shapes and designs for use with organic waste.  There were also systems for treatment of organic materials, ranging from household to commercial to community applications, from a manual composter using simple mixing to electric and automated machines.  There were also exhibitors of a number of initiatives for recycling and reuse of different materials.  Local initiatives for municipal financial savings based on local treatment of organic materials on behalf of the Center for Neighborhood Sustainability. 

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The aim of SCOW, funded by the ENPI CBC-MED Programme, is to develop low cost, technically simple and high quality biowaste collection and recycling models in territories with touristic areas and agricultural activity. It wants to build up a sustainable, innovative and local treatment of the biowaste in decentralized small-scale composting plants, developed essentially in agricultural holdings situated near the biowaste production areas in the partners’ territories.