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ERA Cameroun (Environnement, Recherche, Action)

HQ 🇨🇲 Cameroon · 1 project tracked

Dschang's Household Waste Is Now Compost, Avoiding 17,989 Tonnes of CO2e in Six Years

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🇨🇲 Cameroon

In a western Cameroon hill town, a local waste association turns market and household rubbish into compost that would otherwise rot into methane on an open dump.

18ktonnes CO2eNet CO2e avoided by Dschang composting, 2017-2023 (peer-reviewed estimate, baseline methane minus project emissions)
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