Two examples of establishments that have decided to commit to the fight against food waste.
Adopt two hens for sustainable development
In the parking lot of the Polyclinique de Blois on June 1, 2015 from 6pm to 9pm. 208 families applying for adoption will receive their offspring: two laying hens of the Sussex and Noirottes breeds, very greedy. And that's the key to the whole operation. A hen can reduce the volume of household waste by up to 40%, i.e. around 300 kg of "reused" food waste per year!
Eco-pasturing, 100% natural maintenance with sheep
Hospitals in France are using... ecological mowers - sheep - to maintain their green spaces. The aim is to save money on the upkeep of green spaces, while helping to preserve certain species of sheep, such as the Ouessant or Solognot sheep, with the added bonus of lowering the establishment's overall CO² emissions.
Worm composting in rehabilitation centers in New Zealand
Composting with earthworms is a fantastic way to minimize food waste by turning your organic kitchen waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer for your plants and soils. Worms eat organic waste and turn it into liquid and solid fertilizer.
Recovering bio-waste in the Midi-Pyrénées region: 50 establishments take part in a collective initiative
Biowaste project selected in Midi-Pyrénées! Since January 2015, regulatory requirements concerning the sorting and recovery of biowaste have come into force for hospital and medico-social establishments producing at least 20 tonnes of this waste.
To help establishments assess their production, Requamip (Midi-Pyrénées Quality Network), in collaboration with Ademe and C2DS, have set up an 18-month collective action.
Good initiatives to reduce waste
Since 2008, C2DS has been investigating the contents of the boxes distributed in maternity wards, as the baby cosmetics samples offered may contain substances of concern. The Alès hospital and the Blois Polyclinic, among others, have also been concerned by another aspect of these maternity kits: the waste they generate.