Reforms to how societies collect and treat waste could slash global emissions of methane, a report said, noting that simple measures like composting were a climate solution.
Reforms to the way that societies collect and treat their waste could slash global emissions of planet-heating methane, a new report said, noting that simple measures like composting were a climate solution"staring us in the face".
A new report by the organisation Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives found that simple tweaks in the waste sector, particularly in urban areas, could slash carbon emissions by the equivalent of the annual emissions of 300 million cars. "Better waste management is a climate change solution staring us in the face," said report co-author Neil Tangri of GAIA.
The researchers modelled potential emissions reductions from eight cities around the world and found that, on average, they could cut waste sector emissions by almost 84 percent.The powerful greenhouse gas lingers in the atmosphere only a fraction as long as CO2, but is far more efficient at trapping heat. Levels of the gas are their highest in at least 800,000 years.
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