A Case Study on
The Uganda Municipal Solid Waste Compost
Program
The Seventh CDM Joint Coordination Workshop
Bonn, Germany, 12-13. March 2011
Ronald Twesigye, Fellow
UNFCCC secretariat, SDM
Outline
• An overview of the Uganda MSW Compost Project
• Project Implementation
a) issues/challenges, and
b) lessons learnt
• Conclusion
The Overview of the Uganda MSW Compost Project
The PoA Goal
 Avoid methane emissions from Municipal waste landfills by
undertaking composting of the wastes and using the organic matter
in wastes as humus for soil conditioning and plant growth
This is achieved by:
 Identifying towns/municipal entities in Uganda to set up composting
plants and managing the program in line with UNFCCC CDM
procedures
Overview Continued
The Business Model Adopted
The Overview contd
Program Registration Status
Program is registered with the EB (12th Apr 2010, Reg
No.2956 )
The program will create 83,700 metric t CO2 e per annum
for the first crediting period of 7yrs.
Addition of CPAs yet to be realized
Implementation, Issues/ Challenges and Lessons Learnt
Project timeline
2009
2010
2011
2008
2007
2006
2005
Program initiation & building
infrastructure
Program Implementation
• The two key phases explained:
a) Program Initiation (meetings with officials and key stakeholders) and
actual building of the compost plants, acquiring machinery and training
b) Implementation involves actual composting, monitoring and further
training in CDM processes and regulation
Issues/Challenges
•
Validation and Registration
a)
b)
c)
Long waiting times
Costs (USD 80 – 100K)
Amount of information
requested
• Project Monitoring
a) Monitoring equipment (availability, skills required for daily use and
Calibration)
b) Costs for maintaining the monitoring required
c) Maintaining a highly motivated list of PEs
• Training & Awareness raising
a) Lack of local expertise with CDM Knowledge
b) Information gap in the project entities
Lessons Learnt
Some key lessons:
a) PoA promotion is continuous.
b) Training and Awareness
raising should be part and
parcel of the program
management
c) CER revenues greatly impacts
implementation of the
activities.
d) CDM procedures are lengthy
and very uncertain
Conclusion
a) No prior experience for PoA activities
•
A steep learning curve for all involved.
b) Long timelines affect the motivation of those involved
• Favorable procedures required
c) CER Revenues are required to make the CPA sustainable
• Favorable procedures required
d) Training and awareness raising is a critical program component
• DNAs can play a more active role in Training & information
dissemination