Waste management 2013
How can emissions from waste disposal be reduced?
Sewage treatment, landfills, and incineration are projected to account for nearly 5 percent of global emissions in 2030. Recycling can reduce emissions from the waste stream and also from the production process. This contest seeks proposals on how emissions can be reduced from all aspects of the management of waste. See more…
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Proposals
This call-to-action is a change management initiative, to change how the building industry views and deals with waste and other resources
Using algae to treat wastewater and at the same time, obtain high value products - biofuels & high value biomass.
Waste Train is a waste management system that educates to reduce waste; reuse and recycle waste into opportunities that alleviate poverty
Planet Advocate wants to build environmental sanitation (EnSan) systems in Africa that transform human wastes into rich compost.
Poultry litter hold great promise as a source of nutrients in cotton production and as a poultry waste management strategy in Bangladesh.
Takachar turns unmanaged urban organic waste into safe, affordable, and lab-tested fuel briquettes to reduce charcoal-related deforestation.