• Home
  • Post a press-release
  • Visibility packages
  • Subscribe email updates
  • Event Calendar
  • Contact

For Immediate Release | Official News Wire for the Travel Industry

Where press releases are breaking news

  • Home
  • Post a press-release
  • Visibility packages
  • Subscribe email updates
  • Event Calendar
  • Contact

Machu Picchu Pueblo: First 100% sustainable Latin America city

April 19, 2019 by Forimmediaterelease

Machu Picchu Pueblo is the first city in Latin America to sustainably manage 100% of its solid waste.

Through the process of pyrolysis, in which the waste is decomposed at high temperatures without oxygen, 7 tons of trash is processed per day, generating bio-coal, a natural fertilizer that will be used to restore the Andean cloud forest and contribute to the agricultural productivity of Machu Picchu. Continuing initiatives for the conservation and environmental care of Machu Picchu, AJE Group and Inkaterra presented this first Organic Waste Treatment Plant to the city.

Alongside the Organic Waste Treatment Plant, a Plastic Compactor Plant to SERNANP will be used to recycle trash found along the Inca Trail, the most famous trekking route in South America. The plant was donated in 2017 and prevented the ruins of Machu Picchu from entering UNESCO’s list of Heritage at Risk. Currently, 14 tons of polyester plastic are processed daily in this plant.

In 2018, a Biodiesel and Glycerin Plant was inaugurated at Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel. By processing used vegetable oil from Machu Picchu’s homes, lodges, hotels, and restaurants, 20 gallons of biodiesel are produced daily from nearly 6,000 liters of used oil a month. The glycerin obtained in the process of making biodiesel is also used by the municipality to clean the stone floors, thus replacing chemical products.

These cumulative efforts to turn the city of Machu Picchu into a model of global sustainability won the Peruvian “Líderes + 1” prize and, in Germany, the prestigious “Die Goldene Palme” award in the category for Responsible Tourism.

For more information on Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel, click here.

Travel News | eTurboNews

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Filed Under: Press Release Tagged With: and, award, BIO, Breaking Travel News, Category, city, clean up, Click, conservation, currently, daily, day, die, efforts, environmental, famous, first, forest, found, Germany, Global, global sustainability, Group, heritage, high, high temperatures, homes, hotel, Hotels, in, inaugurated, Inca, information, initiatives, Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel, Latin, Latin America, list, lodges, Machu, Machu Picchu, Manage, model, month, most, most famous, natural, nearly, News articles, Oil, organic, Organic Waste Treatment Plant, oxygen, Peru travel news, Peruvian, Picchu, Picchu Pueblo, Picchus, plant, plastic, presented, prestigious, prevented, prize, productivity, products, Pueblo, recycle, responsible, responsible tourism, restaurants, restore, Risk, route, s, SERNANP, South, South America, Sustainability, sustainable, sustainably, temperatures, through, to, tourism, trail, trash, Travel & Tourism Organizations News, Travel Destination News, Travelwire News, treatment, Trekking, turn, UNESCO, used, waste, won

Search




Recent Articles

  • Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) situation in Thailand as of 7 March 2021, 11.30 Hrs.
  • First group completes 14-day Golf Quarantine in Thailand
  • Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) situation in Thailand as of 6 March 2021, 11.30 Hrs.
  • The St. Regis Almasa Opens Its Doors In Egypt’s New Administrative Capital
  • Royal Palaces reopen from 4 March 2021
  • Thailand sees gradual return of events and festivals with strict COVID-19 controls
  • Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) situation in Thailand as of 5 March 2021, 11.30 Hrs.
  • Seychelles opens up to the world
  • Marriott International to Provide Associates Financial Award for COVID-19 Vaccination
  • New Austin Marriott Downtown Brings Inspiring Hospitality Experience to the Heart of the Texas Capital

Copyright © 2021 · Metro Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in