With bins installed, staff trained and holidaymakers encouraged, a virtuous circle is being established as thousands of holidaymakers will be taking over the area this summer.
We can’t guarantee that spending the summer season in a tree costume, like the brave host who sings the anthem (rather well done, by the way) dedicated to the ambitious sorting campaign initiated by the management of the La Clape campsite, would amuse us for a very long time! But we have to admit that the idea is pretty good, judging by the number of selfies that the costume attendant willingly takes, especially with the children.
Sorted biowaste that lightens the trash
This composting system for biowaste such as peelings, eggshells, spoiled fruit and vegetables as well as coffee grounds, was inaugurated on Tuesday July 2nd within the campsite, in the presence of Ariel Bassoulet, master composter, according to the established term, of the Occitanie Citizen Compost Network, who came to label the second Hérault site, the twelfth in the region.
It was he who, last winter, came to train some of the campsite staff in composting techniques. He also helped the team to size the facilities as best as possible. Equipment that includes supply bins, into which one of the site’s referents, Ahmed Belfakih, pours the contents of the buckets made available to tourists, which is then mixed with shredded plant material from all the campsite’s cutting work, and maturation bins, in which the material continues to disintegrate to become compost. “Between these two operations, it takes about 4 and a half months to obtain quality compost”Ariel believes, pleased to see “that the holidaymakers play the game well and that the technical team is very motivated by this project.”
Green spaces maintained in a closed circuit
For the campsite, a virtuous circle has begun. Because the compost improves the soil, provides nutrients and allows the earth to retain a certain level of humidity. Ideal on a site that has hundreds of plantations and thousands of square meters of green spaces, which can thus be maintained in a closed circuit.
But where the process is also interesting is in the quantity of waste collected by Sictom, as explained by Marina Seklou, executive assistant at Cottage Parks, the company that operates the La Clape and La Tamarissière campsites. “We went from thirteen bins collected (the trash cans, editor’s note) at five this week”she rejoices. Knowing that glass represents 10% of recycled waste and packaging, which goes into the yellow bins, nearly 40%, the reduction in non-recyclable waste is obviously excellent news. And good publicity for the Capagathois campsite, with its claimed “eco-chic” style.
