COMPOSTING PROJECT - DHAKA

Project Implementation – Turning Municipal Solid Waste into High Quality Compost by implementation of the worlds first Carbon Trading Based Composting Project. Compost is made from Organic Waste of Dhaka City. The project is a joint effort of Waste Concern (WCC) from Bangladesh and World Wide Recycling (WWR) from the Netherlands.

 

Project period:               

July, 2006 – 2010

 

Project aim:

The objective is to implement and operate a municipal organic waste-to-bio fertilizer plant in the capital Dhaka of Bangladesh. The project is considered a paradigm change in the area of solid waste treatment. It is based on the presumption that waste is a resource and recycling is the only sustainable way of waste treatment. In order to make the activity economical sustainable, WWR and WCC successfully introduced the activity under the CDM, using the possibility created under the Kyoto Protocol to earn so called Certified Emission Rights (CER). A methodology was developed and approved for that purpose. Following the latter, the project will be the first of its kind and is hence considered the proof of concept. It has been registered as a CDM project on May 18 2006 under project number 0169.

This project will reduce environmental pollution, create jobs for the urban poor and reduce Green House Gas (GHG).

 

Project description:

Initially the bio fertilizer plant will receive organic waste from local markets under a concession contract with the local municipality, the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC), and through a collection system of local waste pickers. Later organic waste will be collected from domestic sources. The organic waste will be converted into compost. The compost will be marketed through present (fertilizer) distributors for agricultural use. The first facility will have a 100 t/d input capacity. When proven successful the capacity will be increased to 700t/d in 2 or 3 stages.

The first facility on Bulta with a capacity of 100 t/d has been opened on 25 November 2008.

 

The first approved bio fertilizer is released on 21 march 2009 on the market of Bangladesh under the name of Waste Concern Jaiba Sar (WCJS).

 

Partners of the project:

World Wide Recycling B.V.

Waste Concern Consultants

VAR B.V.

FMO Bank

High Tide Worldwide

Dutch Bangla Bank

The plant at Bulta is partially financed by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs through it's executive agency EVD, in the frame work of The Netherlands Programme for Cooperation with Emerging Markets.

 

Milestones of the project

Managing Waste from the DCC area = 700 tons/day;

Production of Compost = 50,000 tons/year;

Reduction of Green House Gas = 89,000 tons of CO2

Job Creation for the Urban Poor = 800 nos.;

Project Cost = 12 million Euro.

 

Contact details:

Mr. Sander Steenbruggen, International Project Manager s.steenbruggen@wwrgroup.com