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DAKOFA/ISWA:Waste & Climate Conference Copenhagen, Denmark
In a time where resource efficiency and increased recycling is on the agenda, DAKOFA/ISWA hosts a conference on waste management in a climate change perspective. The competition for the valuable and critical resources in waste is becoming increasingly...
Dissemination of Waste-to-Energy Biogas Technologies from Integrated Sustainable Solid Waste Management Systems
One of the products of the ISSOWAMA (Integrated Sustainable Management in Asia ) project is the workshop on "Dissemination of Waste-to-Energy Biogas Technologies from Integrated Sustainable Solid Waste Management Systems". The workshop was...
From Tragedy to Opportunity: Analysis of the Case Study Assessment on the controlled Dumpsite Facility in Payatas, Quezon City, Philippines
This paper presents the results of the case study assessment on the controlled dumpsite facility located at Payatas, Quezon City, Philippines. The facility, formerly an open dumpsite, has a tragic history more than 30 years of use and misuse when a...
Population, Development, and Waste Management in Botswana: Conceptual and Policy Implications for Climate Change
Based on government and other relevant documentation, this paper explores the conceptual linkage between population, development, and waste management in Botswana and the implications of this relationship for global climate change. Population is...
Carbon Financing and Solid Waste Management
Waste Concern and United Nations ESCAP has published a brochure explaining the Clean Development Mechanism and its application to solid waste management practices. The brochure provides a short explanation on:
What is carbon financing?
Who...
Key Facts on World's First Carbon Trading Based on a Composting Project
Waste Concern has published an interesting fact sheet about the first carbon credits from a composting project in Dhaka City in Bangladesh.
The company created, WWR Bio Fertilizer Bangladesh Ltd., is a joint venture between Waste Concern and other...
