Abstract Summary
This special session is developed in cooperation with EU project Bin2Bean. The goal of this project is to setup an urban living lab to develop soil improvers made from food waste. The goal of the living lab is to increase the efficiency of organic waste collection and develop high quality soil improvers to upgrade urban soil quality. Amsterdam has almost 900.000 citizens who live in around 450.000 households. These households generate 120 ktons of organic waste. The aim of the city strategy is to increase the performance of separating organic waste from residual waste from an estimated 25% now, to 73% by 2030. New initiatives to collect and valorize organic waste have to be stimulated. Therefore, AMS Institute organizes a special session on organic waste collection and its valorization options, most particular as soil improver. This special session has several objectives. First, its the opening of the Amsterdam Living Lab where visitors will get informed about its goal, function and activities. Secondly, its an official invitation for interested stakeholders (from citizens to farmers) to participate in the living lab. Thirdly, the high-tech demonstration facility for separate food waste collection will be visited and demonstrated. So, come listening, join the network and become fascinated about the high-tech facility for kitchen waste collection and together we join forces to improve urban soils.
