The International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific 2019 (ISAP2019) was held on 30-31 July 2019 with the aim of sharing information and facilitating diverse discussions on sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific. Taking this opportunity, CCET organized two sessions during ISAP2019 focusing on biogas technology as a solution to advance organic waste management.

The International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific 2019 (ISAP2019) was held on 30-31 July 2019 with the aim of sharing information and facilitating diverse discussions on sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific. Taking this opportunity, CCET organized two sessions during ISAP2019 focusing on biogas technology as a solution to advance organic waste management.

Background

IGES-CCET has been supporting the Negombo Municipal Council (NMC) in Sri Lanka for developing waste management strategy in Negombo city. IGES-CCET and NMC co-organized a training workshop on 19-20 July 2019 in Negombo city. The workshop successfully convened Negombo city officials including Mayor, commissioner, PHI’s and hotel association members, green community members, fishery community members, Negombo fish market management committee representatives, NGOs etc. along with few neighboring cities namely Katana and Seeduwa.

Second Sub-Regional workshop on Preparation of Status Report and Sub-regional Road map for Implementing the Global Waste Management Goals toward Addressing SDGs in South Asia was jointly organized by CCET, SACEP, Government of Bangladesh, UNEP, and the Ministry of Environment, Japan on 15-17 July in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The workshop was inaugurated by Dr. Abas Basir, Director General of SACEP and Kazunobu Onogawa, Director of CCET, with the presence of special guests, Mr. Md. Shahab Uddin, Honorable Minister, Mrs. Habibun Nahar, MP, Honorable Deputy Minister, Mr.

CCET supported Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia to organize the workshop to develop provincial and local level waste management strategy and action plan in Lake Toba region on 25 June 2019, inviting North Sumatra provincial government, Medan city and Lake Toba municipalities. As stipulated in the national level waste management strategy, each local government has to submit their own waste management strategy to the government.

BACKGROUND

The economic development and lifestyle changes are resulting in equally rapid rise in municipal solid waste, and the amount of MSW disposed to Battambang final disposal site has steadily increased from 21,535 tons in 2014 to 62,050 tons in 2017, while the methane gas generated from landfill sites across Cambodia (four cities - Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Battambang, Kampong Cham) is estimated to be as high as 360,000 tonnes CO2 equivalent per year, contributing to global climate change.

CCET and UNEP-IETC jointly organized a session on Biogas Technology during an international conference on Technology Solutions for Holistic Waste Management: A Global Dialogue with the Private Sector in lead up to G20 Summit in Osaka, 21-22 May 2019. This session entitled “Holistic Waste Management: A Case of Organic Waste Management”,  explored the potential application of anaerobic digestion (AD) system as one of the proven and demonstrated technology options for managing organic waste which occupies the

Ministry of Environment (ME), Maldives and CCET jointly organized a Training Workshop for the Saafuraajje Pilot Projects on 19 March 2019, inviting the members of Island Councils and NGOs of five islands selected for pilot project implementation. The event aimed at supporting the islands to develop and implement waste management improvement project in the respective communities.

First Sub-Regional workshop on Preparation of Status Report and Sub-regional Road map for implementing the Global Waste Management Goals toward Addressing SDGs in South Asia was held on 25-26 March in Kathmandu, Nepal. The meeting was jointly organized by CCET, SACEP, Government of Nepal, ICIMOD, UNEP, and the Ministry of Environment, Japan. The workshop was inaugurated by His Excellency Shakti Bahadur Basnet, Minister of Forests and Environment, Government of Nepal, Director General of SACEP, and Director of CCET.