Castelnau Montratier-Sainte Alauzie. The children learned to compost

It was on January 15 that the first collective composter in Castelnau-Montratier was set up by the Syded du Lot between the schools and the village village hall. Indeed, Syded helps with the deployment of shared composters and supports the municipalities of the Lot to equip themselves. In the department, 200 composting sites are open to residents and 300 schools are equipped with composters to process their kitchen and table waste.

In Castelnau-Montratier, it was Sictom des Marches du sud Quercy which financed the equipment. Prior to this installation, work was carried out between Syded, the municipality, the schools and the leisure center where an activity took place to educate children to compost properly. They learned to mix kitchen waste with so-called carbonaceous brown matter such as crushed branches or leaves which must be stirred and kept at constant humidity so that bacteria, fungi and other insects can transform these deposits into compost after a few months. The children will then be able to use it in the school's planters or in the community's flowerbeds.

This educational and participatory day ended with the inauguration of the site by the deputy mayor Claudine Boissel, alongside three other elected officials, and Mathieu Baena, Syded technician. The children were able to place the first contributions of bio-waste from the remains of the leisure center canteen in the brand new composter, and move on to practical work by carrying out the interventions and actions essential to its proper functioning. This new site will be managed collectively by the town hall and the leisure center. It will make it possible to recycle an average of four tonnes of bio-waste per year.

Another composting site is being studied in Castelnau-Montratier to serve the population of the town center. Indeed, since January 1, 2024, the sorting of kitchen and table biowaste must be done at the source, both for individuals and for professionals. Concretely, communities are required to provide suitable equipment so that residents without a garden can sort their bio-waste.