Not exact matches
«There are also other important measures to reduce methane emissions from coal mining, municipal
waste treatment and
gas distribution, for example, as well as black carbon emission reductions through elimination of high - emitting vehicles, use of cleaner biomass
cooking and heating stoves, replacement of kerosene wick lamps with LED lamps and other measures,» adds Zbigniew Klimont of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria, who also took part in the study.
The project is testing three approaches: wood - burning stoves that are more efficient and thus leave less black - carbon residue; stoves that burn natural
gas produced from
waste; and solar
cookers.
Everything needs supporting infrastructure;
waste tanks have to be emptied,
gas bottles for
cooking have to be filled.
16 control options are discussed that cover the wide range of sources of black carbon and methane emissions from
cook stoves and diesel engines through to leaky
gas distribution pipes and municipal
waste.
This
gas is very fast... If you have a big number of people to
cook for, the work is faster, you don't
waste time splitting the firewood, and besides that the
gas does not produce smoke that is dangerous to the health and the eyes.»
Beginning in 1994, a local NGO called Bio-tech pioneered the development of their «integrated
waste recycling plant,» where large amounts of organic
waste generated by the markets, slaughter houses, and restaurant kitchens are treated and converted into methane (
cooking gas) and fertilizer.
Cooking meth generates some very nasty
waste gasses that are often captured in trash bags and abandoned.