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General Description:
The objective of the project activity is to capture methane from the
existing compartment 6
and the new compartment 7, under construction, of the
Normandía landfill in Santa Cruz.
By capturing and combusting the landfill
gas (using a flare system), global GHG emissions
are reduced, local
environmental impacts are mitigated and operational safety is
increased.
Through the installation of a gas extraction system the odour levels and air
pollution in the surrounding areas will decrease. As a consequence of
decreasing odour
levels and air pollution the living conditions and health
situation for the people living in the
surrounding areas will improve.
Project lifetime:
21
years (2005 – 2026).
Accreditation period:
21
years
Baseline and Monitoring Methodology:
The methodology applied for this project is ¨Simplified financial analysis
for landfill gas
capture projects¨ AM0003.
Estimated Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Reductions:
21
years: 1,728,832 tCO2
Annual estimated reductions: 82,680 tCO2e
Project Benefits:
Due to the collection and combustion of landfill gas the odour levels in the
surrounding will
decrease significantly. Furthermore, methane is an
explosive gas. If the methane is not
collected this can result in dangerous
situations on site and surroundings.
Under the scope of the project a green belt will be planted around the
landfill site. The
visual impact of the landfill on the surrounding will
thus decrease significantly.
Furthermore, dust pollution in the surrounding
will decrease because small particles caught
by the wind will be contained
on site.
The City Council will build a Park within the district, as an “environmental
compensation”
for the nuisance of living along the road that takes all Santa
Cruz’s solid waste to
Normandía and for living near, 3 kms, the landfill.
Public awareness campaign for the prevention of litter and hazardous waste
in the city of
Santa Cruz.
Public awareness campaign for the minimisation of hospital waste in the
local hospitals.
Currently all hospital waste is treated equally. By
separating the medical hospital waste
(needles, pathogenic waste, etc) from
normal “restaurant” waste (food, sheets, etc) the
amount of hospital waste
can be reduced and thus costs can be reduced. Also the smaller
amount of
hospital waste can be treated with less risk for infections etc.
Total Project cost estimate:
Development costs: 150,000 Euros
Installed costs: 850,000 Euros
Total costs: 1,000,000 Euros
Current Status:
The project has been registered at the Executive Board of the Clean
Development
Mechanism on 03 June 2005
Contact Information:
SUMA
Eng. Roberto E. Soto
Phone: +591-3- 353-3729, Fax. 3-353-6745 and Mobile Phone: 716-36925
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