Pilot Actions to be implemented

in Leiria

Leiria, september 12th 2018

Margarida Morais

Leiria is a capital of district situated in the Center Region.

It covers an area of approximately 565 square kilometers

FRAMEWORK OF LEIRIA’S MUNICIPALITY

REGION

• 9,23 Km of coast and only 1 beach

• 33,8 ha of forest areas

• 25.8% of the territory with urban land

• 74.2% of the territory with rural soil

• 1 Site of Community Importance

(Natura 2000 Network) - Azabucho / Leiria

• 1 Special Protection Area of Aveiro-Nazaré (Natura

2000 Network)

Poster of the

6th face to face Agora

LEIRIA’S

PILOT ACTIONS

Regulation for the

promotion of sustainable

events

Training for catering and

commercial establishments

Logos of Leiria Pilot Actions

Guide to food waste reduction

Symbols adopted to identify each action

Food waste is a barrier to "ending hunger, achieving food security and

improving nutrition, and promoting sustainable agriculture," according to

the seventeen objectives of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable

Development of the United Nations.

Most of the food wasted is a result of problems of recovery in the post-

harvest, transport, storage, pre-preparation and handling phases of food.

Goal: Develop a guide to reduce food waste.

The guide will be directed for the following sectors:

• Residential; • Catering, restaurants and cafes;

• School canteens and bars;

• Armed forces.

Action 1 – Guide to food

waste reduction

Goal: To test the guide's ability to reduce the amount of food waste, 15 local

actors will be selected and they will implement the guide on their spaces

(pilot projects).

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- Inform the Municipality with statistical data for measurement purposes;

- Authorize the access to their facilities for quantification and characterization of

food waste (eatable food remains) / waste (non-eatable food waste);

- Implementation of guide measures;

- Collaboration in process monitoring;

- Give access to their facilities, to the project team, with the purpose of obtaining

results and evaluation of the action.

The guide will have measures of different levels of application. All the person or

enthities who want to use them will be in charge to take, select and implement

the measure they select.

The measures to be considered include:

- how to prepare meals,

- how to prepare the trip to the supermarket / market

- where to deliver the leftovers,

among others.

Schedule

Schedule Expected results

8 months 5% reduction of food waste at the

participants

16 months 10% reduction of food waste at the

participants

Expected results

This action allows:

- To improve food management and avoid waste;

- Help all those with needs;

- Reduce cost with waste management;

- Reduce cost with food;

- Environmental, economic and social benefits.

The guide will be available on the websites of UrbanWINS

and Leiria Municipality.

Action 2 - Regulation for the

promotion of sustainable events

Goal: Develop a draft regulation to reduce the environmental impact of events held

or supported by the municipality of Leiria.

The objective will be to test the regulation at those events, so that it can be

improved later, resulting in a proposal for a regulation to be approved by the

municipality.

The target sectors of the regulation should be: waste, resources, water and

sanitation, energy, noise, transport and logistics, air pollution and climate change,

procurement of goods and suppliers, and others.

The target events will be those held in Mercado de Santana (a Cultural Centre at

Leiria - pilot space), being chosen those that are held more than once in the time

elapsed of the project. If it isn’t possible, it will be the project with the same theme or format.

This action will focus only on waste.

Schedule

reduction of disposable packaging waste

População

Event promotors

Valorlis, S.A.

Schedule

Expected Results

8 months 10% reduction in disposable

packaging waste

16 months 20% reduction in disposable

packaging waste

Expected Results

This action allows: - To reduce the environmental impact of

events;

- To promote the prevention and recycling

of waste;

- Strengthen the local economy and local

employment;

- Improve the living conditions of citizens;

- Environmental, economical and social

benefits.

Action 3 – Training for catering

and commercial establishments

Goal: To provide traders with training/information about best practices,

and the values of waste management.

The action aims to give hotels, restaurants, cafes, and retail, to implement

measures of prevention, reduction and separation at the source of urban

waste.

Some zones / streets of Leiria will be chosen to be the pilot of the action.

The partners are asked to:

- Inform the Municipality with statistical data for measurement purposes;

- Authorize the access to their facilities for quantification and

characterization of waste generated;

- Good reception of training actions;

- Good practices for sorting and depositing their waste according to the

training received;

- Dissemination of good practices learned.

Schedule

This action allows:

- To Increase the separation / recycling rates of packaging waste;

- To improve the Urban cleaning of Leiria;

- To improve the image of the sector / traders;

- To contribute to the reduction of deposition of recoverable waste on

landfilling;

- Environmental, economical and social benefits.

Schedule Expected results

8 months + 10% separation of municipal waste

16 months + 20% separation of municipal waste

Expected results

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