Promoting Methane Recovery and Utilization from Mixed Municipal Waste

The project's long-term objectives are to promote wide spread adoption of landfill gas recovery technology in China based on the technical and organizational experience gained from the three pilot landfills proposed in this project. specifically, these include 1) significant reduction of emissions of methane; 2) reduction in air, water and land pollution associated with refuse dumping; and 3) promotion of indigenous enterprises that will build and operate recovery systems and utilize the energy.

Financial mechanism
GEF
Date of approval
Status
Completed
Countries
Managing organisations
UN Department for Development Support and Management Service
Implementing organisations
UNDP
Project ID
304
GEF project type
Full size
GEF project phase
GEF - 1
GEF Cofinancing
$14.280.000
GEF project grant
$5.285.000
Executing Agencies
UN Department for Development Support and Management Service