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Colombian Waste Sector Methane Analysis

9 Apr 2024

The commitment to the Global Methane Pledge waste management and methane mitigation in the to collectively reduce methane emissions by country; Section 5 discusses the current state of 30% by 2030 with other signatories; and waste management through available data and trends c. [...] Treatment and Final Disposal of Municipal Waste This has included developing quality standards for organic compost and soil amendments—Colombian In the past, Colombia has encouraged landfilling Technical Standard 5167 of 2011—as well as above other treatment and disposal alternatives to standards for the production and sale of biogas and improve overall waste management in urban and biomethane—Res. [...] on an initial diagnosis, its projection into the future, and a viable financial plan to ensure the continuous In order to provide equal services across all areas improvement of solid waste management and the of the country, Colombia requires higher income provision of sanitation services.42 Resolution 754 neighborhoods to subsidize the tariff costs for of 2014 defines the guidelines for developmen. [...] This NAMA comprises four objectives: (1) increasing the use and valorization of waste, (2) reincorporating waste into the economic cycle, (3) improving the health of the population, and (4) increasing the useful life sanitary landfils in the short- and medium-term. [...] The country has a robust regulatory framework for waste management, This section highlights key challenges and and at the national and subnational levels there is opportunities to improve waste management and political will to continue to engage and improve mitigate methane emissions within the Colombian waste methane mitigation solutions.
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