Yesterday was an exhausting, yet relaxing, and all the while
fantastic day. We woke up at the crack of dawn (8 AM) and were transported via
the trunk of a jeep to the marina right next to Poetto beach, where we split up
onto three boats and sailed into the afternoon. The boat that I was on was
named “Paco” and our captain, Veto, did not speak a word of English. This plot
twist did not faze us in the least, however, because we had Erika to basically
do everything that the six of us were supposed to without hesitation. It was a
beautiful day on the water!
Today we went on a technical visit to the Villaservice
plant, which consisted of waste management in the form of a landfill,
composting, and anaerobic digestion. This was no exception to the tendencies of
previous technical visits in that it was really smelly, and Annalisa had to
explain to the engineer as he was handing us masks that “they have sensitive
noses.” The facility is able to complete the cycle in that the leachate from
the landfill is treated in the sewage plant to make “processed water,” which is
then used to feed the anaerobic digestion. Apparently it is the only anaerobic
digestion plant that receives the organic fraction of municipal solid waste, which I thought was pretty neat.
We have presentations this Friday, but the weekend will be free
for us to explore (or catch up on sleep) and after that we really will only
have a little more than a week left here. I’m trying not to think about it.
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