22,783 CERs (Carbon Credits) Issued by UNFCCC for Recycling of Organic Waste In Dhaka, Bangladesh
UNFCCC issued 22.783 CERs up to December 31, 2012 for the waste composting project located in Bulta, Roopganj, Narayanganj, Greater Dhaka. The CERs from the project will be purchased by Asian Development Bank’s Asia Pacific Carbon Fund. The first CER for the project was issued in August 2012. Third party verification was done by DNV…
Waste Concern Consultants Designs Energy Efficient Public & Community Toilets for Coastal Towns in Bangladesh
Waste Concern Consultants (WCC) in joint venture with BORDA Ltd of Germany has designed user friendly & energy efficient public and community toilets for the coastal towns of Bangladesh. This initiative is carried out under the project entitled `Coastal Towns Environmental Infrastructure Improvement Project (CTEIP)’ funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The Executing Agencies…
Waste Concern and UNESCAP in Association with UCLG ASPAC are Assisting Malang Regency, Indonesia to Establish an Integrated Resource Recovery Center (IRRC)
Waste Concern and UNESCAP in association with United Cities and Local Governments Asia-Pacific (UCLG ASPAC) is assisting Malang Regency, Indonesia to establish an IRRC having Anaerobic Digestion (AD) and Co-composting facility to treat and convert market waste and slaughter house waste into electricity and compost fertilizer. This recycling facility will be able to treat 4…
Amitabh Bachchan To Be The Face Of City Compost Campaign
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan will be the face of the “City Compost Campaign” under Swachh Bharat Mission to encourage citizens to use compost produced from municipal solid waste, according to an official statement. Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu recently spoke to Amitabh and thanked him for agreeing to now be the face of the Ministry’s new…
Integrated Landfill and Resource Recovery Center (IL&RRC) at Jessore, Bangladesh
Waste Concern Consultants in Partnership with Hifab (a Swedish consulting firm) designed `Integrated Landfill and Resource Recovery Center (IL&RRC) at Jessore, Bangladesh’. A project under the City Regional Development Project being Implemented by Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), Government of Bangladesh. On 22nd February 2016 the Embassy of Sweden and Business Sweden hosted a conference…
Asia-Pacific’s waste crisis offers valuable opportunities says United Nations
Changing the way we think about waste has the potential to bring a range of economic, social and environmental benefits to cities, says a new report from the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the Bangladesh-based social enterprise Waste Concern. The report, Valuing Waste, Transforming Cities, compiles the…