Olavarria Landfill Gas Recovery Project

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The Argentina Olavarria Landfill Gas Recovery Project helps mitigate climate change by financing the improvement of municipal solid waste management practice in the municipality of Olavarria and strengthening its commercial viability by leveraging additional revenue from carbon finance at the local landfill. To achieve these objectives, the project will capture and destroy methane currently generated at the landfill (Component 1). The project will also implement a micro-social enterprise to improve overall living conditions of the 550 inhabitants in the rural village of Espigas by enhancing potable water and water heating supply at the local school through a renewable energy system (Component 2). The Community Development Carbon Fund will purchase Emission Reductions under a contract similar to a Power Purchase Agreement. The ERs derive from avoided methane emissions in the atmosphere, which are generated from degrading organic matter as a byproduct of the plant's routine operations.