The Nutrient Cycle in the resorts of Turku Archipelago
Project’s purpose was to execute nutrient recycle in the most environmentally friendly way in the key tourist resorts. The nature of Turku archipelago (Baltic Sea) is unique and vulnerable. The project’s objective was to prevent most of the possible damage from the excess load of nutrients, and reduce environmental impacts to maintain clean environment.
In the project’s pilot resorts in the Turku Archipelago, the primary aim of the pilot was to reduce food waste. The pilot project was implemented in restaurants all popular tourist attractions. Additionally, composting of the food waste and loose is encouraged – especially the utilization of the nutrient rich compost in productized ways. Possible sustainable solutions to recycling biological waste in the most efficient and eco-friendly way were sought in the tourist resorts.
The development objective was to awaken tourists’ and sailors’ attention to the treatment of their own food waste, specifically to the challenge’s food waste causes in Archipelago, where the waste disposal is challenged by default and nature is fragile.
As a result of the project, practical guides on reducing food waste and composting were created for tourist service companies and restaurants.
Guides (in Finnish):
The project was implemented in collaboration with Keep the Archipelago Tidy Association and the Brahea Center (UTU), which also was the project coordinator. The project, implemented in 2017-2019, was funded by the Ministry of the Environment from the Program for the Promotion of Nutrient Recycling and the Improvement of the State of the Archipelago Sea and the Centrum Balticum -fundation. The project was part of the Finnish government's flagship project Circular Economy and Clean Solutions.
