Potential utilization of some arboreal species’ by-products in composting and floral art
Keywords:
trees and shrubs, by-products, floral artAbstract
This paper is part of a doctoral thesis that proposed a high performance solution for the contribution of mankind in greening the planet through education and awareness. The chosen topic is based on bringing in front of the general public a subject that in our country is often out of sight- the circular economy - the industrial economy that is created with the purpose of allowing recycling or reuse of materials and in which their cycle is of two kinds: biological, where processes act in such a way that the components re-enter the biosphere without negative effects; and technical, where components are used very efficiently and do not enter the biosphere. Starting from these two basic components, we have set ourselves two clear objectives: the use of by-products in floral art and the reuse of plant material resulting from the pruning of trees in compost preparation. The importance of the chosen theme is given, on one hand, by the guarantee of the total utilization of the by-products used and their transposition into raw materials necessary in the realization of decorations and, on the other hand, by compost preparation. The paper presents floral compositions that contain the by-products of the tree and shrub species chosen as biological material, emphasizing the artistic side, without presenting calculations of economic efficiency and other aspects that will be presented in other works.
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