Pilestredet Park - Statsbygg

Source sorting- from waste to urban-ecological resourcesIn the composting building just below Kvinneklinikken, microorganisms are hard at work,day and night, to serve the environment. Here hairy pâté, vintage bananas and stale pizzaare transformed into rich potting soil.SentralparkenSource sorting of waste is one of the cornerstones of the environmental management ofPilestredet Park. Waste is not regarded as rubbish, as it is elsewhere in Oslo. To makethis work, the park had to be designed with recycling of waste in mind. At one point theproject manager made a fatal miscalculation, and for a moment he thought the wholeproject would have to be shelved.Photo: Halvor BjørngårdIn the composting building, food waste iscomposted down into rich soil in the space ofa few weeks.22 23