This awareness-raising booklet on Open Waste Burning is aimed at school students and their teachers. It is composed of a story and activities related to it. Read the story and learn about the topics of the open burning of waste and recycling through the related activities. You will be guided by your teacher throughout.  ...

The way that we currently produce and use plastics poses a major risk to people and the planet.The Plastics Pact Network is a globally coordinated response to this world-wide problem. Plastic Pacts have achieved the elimination of over 360,000 tonnes of problematic and unnecessary plastics, which has prevented billions of items entering landfills or filtering into the environment.The network's wor...

This chapter presents the best practices in Solid Waste Disposal site design and operations to improve LFG collection. These best practices are the result of experience in striving to collect LFG efficiently, either as a safety measure or to comply with regulations. This chapter discusses the components of an SWD site necessary to collect LFG and how the lack or inadequate employment of these comp...

Solid waste management (SWM) is an essential and foundational public utility service and right, with clear benefits for public health, sanitation, and livelihoods, and serious consequences when neglected. In African cities, SWM plays a uniquely critical role, given rapid urbanisation, dense informal settlements, and high rates of unemployment. It is both an urgent need and low low-hanging fruit fo...

With sophisticated engines and aftertreatment technology, the effect of a fuel’s chemical and physical characteristics on tailpipe emissions is greatly reduced. For vehicles that comply with the latest emissions standards, most tailpipe air pollutant emissions reach very low levels regardless of the fuel used. For older vehicles, however, fuel type can significantly influence air pollutant emissio...

Air pollution emissions can be affected by blending biodiesel, composed of fatty acid methyl ester (FAME), into diesel fuel. Biodiesel increases the efficiency of fuel combustion due to its high oxygen content and high cetane number. Studies have found that biodiesel combustion results in lower emissions of PM, CO, and HC, likely for this reason. However, studies have consistently found that biodi...

The global demand for modern bioenergy, and especially liquid biofuels, is rapidly growing, driven mainly  by climate change mitigation policies and increasing oil prices. This creates both opportunities and risks. On one hand, modern bioenergy development can boost both agricultural and rural development, by raising agricultural productivity, creating new employment and income-generating opp...

As a Party to the Paris Agreement, Namibia is committed to contribute to the global efforts towards meeting its Article 2, paragraph 1 (a) by reducing its emissions and increasing its removals. Namibia targets a reduction of its projected national emissions by 7.669 Mt CO2 e while concurrently increasing its removals by 4.233 Mt CO2 e for a total mitigation potential of 11.902 Mt CO2 e. Successful...

This publication focuses on countries within the scope of intervention of the French Development Agency(AFD), which has provided the source material presented in Annex 3, supporting this report. It highlights the critical role that solid waste management can play in achieving global climate objectives, particularly through its inclusion in countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Whi...

The objective of this guidance document is to improve upon the approach to waste management, which in most developing countries is disorganised, haphazard and under-resourced. This document aims to remedy the problem by establishing a clear rationale for making waste management a national priority, and by providing an organised, logical set of steps to tackle that priority through the creation and...