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The CGR Guatapará Landfill Project, located in Guatapará, São Paulo, Brazil, is a large-scale environmental initiative that captures and utilizes landfill gas (LFG), primarily methane, generated from the decomposition of municipal solid waste. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, and if left unmanaged, it would escape into…

When the waste is dumped in landfills, it decomposes and generates large amoungs of methane, which greatly contributes to climate change. These projects capture that methane and generate electricity by burning it. You will commonly find project benefits such as stimulating economy through job creation and poverty alleviati…

The Bundled Waste Processing Facilities project is a pioneering initiative in India’s journey toward sustainable waste management. Operated by IL&FS Environmental Infrastructure Services Limited, this project process capacity of 600 tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) daily across three composting plants located in Punjab…

The Caixa Econômica Federal Solid Waste Management and Carbon Finance Project aims to reduce methane emissions from municipal landfills in Brazil. Led by Caixa Econômica Federal, a Brazilian public bank with a mission to “be the public financial institution that fosters inclusion and sustainable development, transforming p…

The Paulínia Landfill Gas Project, located in São Paulo, Brazil, is an initiative by ESTRE Ambiental S/A that significantly improves waste management practices while fighting climate change. The project captures methane gas—a highly potent greenhouse gas—produced from the natural decomposition of organic waste in landfills…