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Machu Picchu Pueblo Becomes First City in Latin America to Be 100
Percent Sustainable
Destination & Tourism Mia Taylor April 19, 2019
Machu Picchu Pueblo has become the first city in Latin America to be 100
percent sustainable.
The achievement was announced by Inkaterra, a hotel group focused on
sustainable tourism and hotel development. Working in partnership with
beverage distribution company AJE Group, Inkaterra has succeeded in
helping the pueblo manage 100 percent of its solid waste.
“Continuing their initiatives for the conservation and environmental
care of Machu Picchu, AJE Group and Inkaterra presented the first
organic waste treatment plant to the city,” according to a statement
issued by Inkaterra.
“Through the process of pyrolysis, in which the waste is decomposed at
high temperatures without oxygen, seven 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.”
In addition to the organic waste treatment plant, Inkaterra and the AJE
Group previously delivered a plastic compactor plant, which 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 helped ensure that the ruins of Machu
Picchu were not added to UNESCO's list of Heritage at Risk. The facility
processes about 14 tons of polyester plastic each day.
What’s more, in 2018, a biodiesel and glycerin plant was brought online
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 each
month.
The glycerin obtained as part of the process is also used by the
municipality to clean stone floors, thus replacing chemical products.
This long list of efforts to turn Machu Picchu into a model of global
sustainability is being applauded around the world. Already the work has
received the Peruvian "Líderes + 1" prize and, in Germany, the
prestigious "Die Goldene Palme" award in the category of Responsible
Tourism.
"The strategic alliance between Inkaterra, the AJE Group and the
Municipality of Machu Picchu aims to change the perception of our
wonderful city into a sustainable destination and become an example of
management for ecotourism worldwide,” said aJosé Joechlin, Inkaterra's
Founder and CEO. “We have managed to awaken the ecological conscience of
the local community, which now segregates waste from homes and
establishments."
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