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Municipal Solid Waste Proceedings

Municipal Solid Waste Subcommittee Meeting

Final Subcommittee Meeting Minutes (PDF, 14 pp, 134 KB)

Welcome and Introductions

Tom Frankiewicz and Diana Milena Rodríguez, Subcommittee Co-Chairs

Brief introduction of meeting participants
Review minutes from November 19 subcommittee meeting (PDF, 1 pp, 66 KB)
Review of meeting goals

Subcommittee Business

Tom Frankiewicz and Diana Milena Rodríguez, Subcommittee Co-Chairs

Discussion of subcommittee goals/next steps
- Survey results (PDF, 4 pp, 74 KB)
- Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) MSW initiative
- Central-Eastern European landfill gas generation model (PDF, 8 pp, 125 KB)

Country Updates

Brief updates on methane action plans and other sector-specific activities within each country
- Mexico (PDF, 7 pp, 62 KB)
- Bulgaria (PDF, 16 pp, 615 KB)
- Serbia (PDF, 4 pp, 737 KB)
- Poland (PDF, 6 pp, 197 KB)
- Finland (PDF, 4 pp, 65 KB)
- Colombia (PDF, 11 pp, 116 KB)
- Canada (PDF, 10 pp, 164 KB)
- Philippines (PDF, 18 pp, 711 KB)
- Germany (PDF, 9 pp, 193 KB)
- Pakistan (PDF, 14 pp, 118 KB)
- Argentina (PDF, 7 pp, 274 KB)
- Brazil
Partners below provided electronic presentations for website, but did not deliver verbal update/attend meeting:
- Ethiopia (PDF, 12 pp, 1.91 MB)
- Japan (PDF, 12 pp, 965 KB)

Waste Sector NAMAs Discussion

Summary and Status of NAMAs in Solid Waste Sector - Tom Frankiewicz, Subcommittee Co-Chair (PDF, 6 pp, 129 KB)
NAMAs Roundtable

Mexico's Waste Prevention and Management Program (PDF, 12 pp, 2.65 MB)
See also NAMA-related slides from Columbia's update above

Summary of Action Items Discussed at this Meeting

Tom Frankiewicz and Diana Milena Rodríguez, Subcommittee Co-Chairs

Meeting action items
Specific tasks meeting participants agree to accomplish and report on by next meeting
Possible agenda topics for the next subcommittee meeting

Municipal Solid Waste Technical Sessions

(Note: links not provided for presentations that did not have supporting slides)

Municipal Solid Waste Technical Session A - Methane Abatement

Bio-Cancun: Organic Waste to Energy Project in Mexico

Arvind Chandrasekar, SENES Consultants Limited (PDF, 27 pp, 5 MB)

Semi-formal Recycling as a Viable Option for Methane Abatement in Developing Countries

Sandra Mazo-Nix, SCS Engineers (PDF, 30 pp, 594 KB)

Reducing Black Carbon Emissions from Open Burning: A Co-Benefit of Landfill Methane Recovery

Nimmi Damodaran, Stratus Consulting, Inc. (PDF, 24 pp, 4.72 KB)

Municipal Solid Waste Technical Session B - Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reductions from Waste Sector

Better Waste Management Can Avoid GHG Emissions Significantly

Marlene Sieck, Federal Environment Agency (PDF, 24 pp, 793 KB)

GHG Emissions and Energy Potential by Waste Destination in Brazil

Carlos Silva Filho, ABRELPE - Brazilian Association of Waste Management Companies (PDF, 28 pp, 2.61 MB)

A Municipal Waste Analysis in Mexico's Southeast Region for GHG Reduction

Ramon Delgado, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability (PDF, 21 pp, 1.80 MB)

Landfill Gas Recovery and Combustion with Renewable Energy Generation from Sanitary Landfill Sites under Land Bank of the Philippines Carbon Finance Support Facility

Josefina A. Ramos, Land Bank of the Philippines (PDF, 13 pp, 1.27 MB)

Methane as a Fuel for Community Economic Development

Paul Liddy, Cedar Road Bioenergy Inc.

Economic Comparison of a GHG Emission Reduction System at a Regional Municipal Solid Waste Management Facility

Richard Aho, Marquette County Solid Waste Management Authority (PDF, 58 pp, 4.85 MB)

Best Practices to Select Internal Combustion Engines and Maximize the Economic Benefits of Converting Methane to Electricity

Mauricio Lopez, Caterpillar Americas Services Co. (PDF, 20 pp, 656 KB)