Uruguay - Montevideo Landfill Gas Recovery Project

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The objective of the Montevideo Landfill Gas Recovery Project is twofold: at global level to help mitigate climate change through the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from the Montevideo Landfill and at local level to improve public health through the installation of a landfill gas (LFG) flaring system at the landfill. The flaring system will improve air quality through the reduction of hazardous trace gases contained in LFG and reduce the risk of uncontrolled fires and level of explosion at the landfill. The main beneficiaries will be the formal and informal workers (waste pickers) at the landfill and in the surrounding communities. The Montevideo Landfill Gas Recovery Project consists of the design, implementation, and monitoring of a LFG extraction, treatment, and flaring facility at the Montevideo Landfill. Such a facility will allow the capture and destruction of methane generated through the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter disposed of in the landfill.

FY17 - Water, Sanitation and Waste Management

World Bank

Project

Water Supply and Storage, Biomass, Natural Gas, Waste Processing and Treatment, Government