Bengt Fellbe, Program Leader, SSEC, Swedish Surplus Energy Collaboration, directs our thoughts to waste-free concerts and events and reckons that for the first time, this remarkable waste management notion may work
The summer concerts at Sofiero Gård, Helsingborg in Sweden, will be free of waste and rubbish. Everything is composted on-site and becomes organic fertilizer. Solserv has composting machines that work perfectly for the home, office, restaurant, hotel, industry, etc. The machines can handle everything from 5kg to as much as 100 tons of food waste daily.
Composting technology
The composting technology transforms food scraps and packaging with the help of microbes. It is an entirely circular and sustainable solution, which ultimately contributes to sustainably fertilized agricultural land instead of using mineral fertilizers, says Patrik Johansson, CEO of Solserv.
Waste-free concerts & events to promote sustainability
There have, of course, been attempts to arrange sustainable events and waste-free concerts in the past. The problem arises because it was then always a matter of placing great responsibility on the visitor. It must be sorted into different fractions, which has proven too difficult to work. This leads to everything becoming residual waste and going to incineration – it needs to be better and sustainable. With composting technology and the right choice of materials in packaging, everything can be composted in the same machine and process. Visitors do not have to make conscious choices that are complex.
Another advantage is that the entire process takes place on-site, and given that the waste is reduced by up to 90%, the need for transport subsequently reduces, further reinforcing a reduced climate footprint.
Towards solutions for a sustainable society
In addition to great concerts in fantastic surroundings, you should not miss out on the future’s technical solutions for a sustainable society.
The pilot project is possible through a collaboration between Sofiero Gård, The Tivoli and Solserv.
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SSEC: Utilising residual heat and other resourcesSSEC is a network that enables sustainable food production and better living environments, through the use of residual heat and other unutilised resources SSEC consists of a steering group and a program management, which represents the parties that have joined the cooperation. Fifteen parties have joined the network, large and small municipalities, large and small […]
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