A rural village that went door-to-door and started composting together
Fornos de Algodres, a rural municipality in central Portugal's Guarda district, is running the Muxagata project: a combined door-to-door waste collection and community composting pilot funded by Zero Waste Europe and GAIA. ZERO has been accompanying the expansion of the collection model to three additional parishes in the municipality since the pilot began.
When & where
- Ongoing pilot in Fornos de Algodres, Guarda district, door-to-door collection and community composting active across participating parishes
- Contact the municipal environment office for composting point locations and collection schedules in your parish
What happens here
- Residents receive door-to-door collection for separated fractions instead of using shared bins
- Community composting points accept food scraps and garden waste from participating households
- ZERO monitors results and supports the waste operator with data and methodology
How to join
- If you live in Fornos de Algodres, contact the municipal environment office about the Muxagata pilot and composting point locations
- Follow ZERO for updates on the pilot's expansion to additional parishes
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- National coordinator: ZERO – Associação Sistema Terrestre Sustentável
- Muxagata project: ZWE / GAIA funded pilot
- Report chapter: ZWE State of Zero Waste Municipalities, 5th edition