This program aims to accelerate the implementation of methane mitigation projects in the waste sector and create enabling conditions for a sustained expansion of organic waste management technologies that provide significant environmental, economic and social benefits. In addition, it seeks to create a community of practice, raise awareness about concrete actions that can reduce methane emissions, and build capacities in developing countries around the world.
Launching the Community of Practice on the Reduction of Methane Emissions from Organic Waste in LAC
30% methane reductions by 2030: How do we achieve this for the waste sector?
This workshop held in Bogotá, Colombia, brought together representatives from public and private sector organizations, along with other key actors from 10 countries in the LAC region.
Capture of landfill gas
Landfill disposal of organic waste generates polluting gases such as methane. This gas can be captured and used as an energy source.
Biodigestion
Biodigestion is a process where organic waste is broken down to produce biogas and digestate. The biogas can be used as energy and the digestate is used as fertilizer.
Compost plant
Composting plants are industrial organic waste treatment sites that, through aerobic decomposition, generate a natural fertilizer called compost.
Home composting
Home composting allows organic waste to be treated at home, generating compost, which is rich in nutrients and is used as ecological fertilizer for plants and soils.
Action is needed
now
In 2021, around 100 countries pledged to take actions to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30% by 2030, according to their 2020 levels. This commitment, known as the “Global Methane Pledge,” seeks to avoid a warming of more than 2 °C by 2050. With the aim of contributing to this goal, the Recycle Organics program was born. Funded by the Global Methane Hub (GMH), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) and implemented by the Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP), ImplementaSur and LEDS LAC, the program currently supports 21 countries around the globe.
To learn more about the program, check out the most recent projects we have implemented in the different countries where Recycle Organics is present.
Montevideo
Uruguay
Duquesa
Dominican Republic
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