Prior to the UN COP15 conference on climate change, the International Solid Waste Association released a report, following its own summit on waste and climate change, detailing the ways in which the solid waste sector could help reduce CO2 emissions. Some of its findings show that investment in waste management in developed countries can lead to net emission savings of up to 20% and that nearly 20% of today’s Clean Development Mechanism programs on CO2-reduction are waste projects. In developing countries the potential for net reductions is even larger.
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