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Delterra's Work in Climate
Reducing methane through
organic waste management
Methane as a greenhouse gas is over 80 times more potent than CO2 and one of the leading causes of climate change.
Waste is the third highest source of human-caused methane emissions, and nearly half of global municipal solid waste is organic. But responsible management methods often aren’t economical, leading to climate and environmental harm.
To ensure viable economics of organic waste composting and anaerobic digestion, we’re working across the system to effect sustainable change.
Reducing methane, especially by diverting organic waste from landfills, is essential to addressing climate change.
Delterra is working in collaboration with the Climate & Clean Air Coalition, Global Methane Hub, and other partners on organic waste projects in the Global South, leveraging Delterra’s local connections to support cities in these efforts.
Baselining Emissions
This includes the creation of waste profiles and evaluating corresponding emissions for organic waste (e.g., food waste, pruning waste).
Piloting Emissions Reduction strategies
We execute on pilot programs to understand viability of specific business cases, such as biomass generation and industrial composting.
Business Case Evaluation
Following pilot programs, we build and test the financial validity of organics diversions initiatives, identifying strategies that could successfully scale.
Creation of City Plans
We work with cities to create detailed roadmaps for scaling pilot programs, incorporating factors such as infrastructure needs and technology opportunities.
By working across different contexts in the Global South, Delterra is able to test a range of on-the ground solutions, building proof of concepts in geographies with varied levels of waste management maturity.
Examples of our
Pilot Programs
Redesigning dense-city collection
From $200 / Per Month
Piloting separate collection for big generators and modeling a scalable, cost-effective organics system
Testing low-cost organics diversion
From $200 / Per Month
Piloting source separation and composting, alongside a business case for a municipal composting site
Optimizing the existing system using digital tools
From $200 / Per Month
Using route and emissions analysis to enhance local composting, while modeling the use of prunings for biomass fuel
Proving solutions with minimal infrastructure
From $200 / Per Month
Testing pruning offtake and building the business case for a biochar facility
Webinars
Organic waste in Latin America
We thank the Argentine Composting Association for their participation.
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