Waste Management 2015
What initiatives, policies and technologies can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from waste and waste management?
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, post-consumer waste contributes approximately 3% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, primarily from the disposal of solid waste through landfills and incineration, and of liquid waste through sewage treatment. This contest seeks proposals that can significantly contribute to reducing GHG emissions from any aspect of waste and waste management.
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Proposals
Using Nualgi to grow Diatoms is the most economical & sustainable solution to sewage treatment,growing fish & fuel and sequester carbon.
The GHG Rescue Project seeks to buy segregated waste from households in Accra Ghana and sell it to Recycling Companies.
Creating opportunities to compost animal manure in combination with agricultural vegetable waste is a method that can reduce GHG emissions.