Waste Management 2016
What initiatives, policies and technologies can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from waste and waste management?
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, post-consumer waste contributes approximately 3% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, primarily from the disposal of solid waste through landfills and incineration, and of liquid waste through sewage treatment. Industrial and waste/wastewater greenhouse gas emissions have doubled since 1970. This contest seeks proposals that can significantly contribute to reducing emissions at any scale (i.e., household through international levels), and from any aspect of waste and waste management.
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Proposals
Through our efforts of regulating food waste in schools we can help overcome methane's impact on climate change!
If integrated into a country ranking of top CO2 emitters, FOOD WASTAGE would appear 3rd, after the USA and China. We seek to mitigate that!
The Tycycler is an intuitive, non-motorized and affordable device that helps informal waste workers to recycle waste tires across Africa.
Develop a smart phone app that helps people segregate, compost, find their closest kabadiwalla and sign-up for local waste management events
Retalhar is a social business that promotes reverse logistics of corporate uniforms by disposing it in a socio-environmental friendly way.
SWEEP-the Solid Waste Environmental Excellence Protocol-is a voluntary performance standard for Municipalities and the Solid Waste Industry.
e-waste is much hazardous than general waste so recycling of e-waste is more important, especially in developing countries like Pakistan.
Food Recovery Network: a student-driven grassroots movement promoting food recovery, a simple, sustainable solution to food waste and hunger
The innovation addresses deforestation and plastic waste challenges as an opportunity to manufacture school desks from recycled plastic.
We train food businesses in organic waste solutions, collect it and transform it into inputs for organic food production at the Sinba Farm.
e-collect aims to prevent used clothes going to landfill and make them recycled / upcycled / reused.
This proposal attempts to show how off-the-shelf technology can improve sewage treatment.
QR code based dustbin to ensure,reward people who recycle and sort waste at source and help reduce emissions by effective recycling & reuse.
During the marriage ceremony in India a lot of food is wasted. This food can be used to supply energy for the locality.