Sri Lanka - Eco-Growth Environmental

THE WAR ON LANDFILL METHANE POLLUTION

Satellites spot plume of gas escaping Lahore landfill at a rate of 126 metric tonnes of methane per hour.

Equivalent to 22 million lbs.

CO2e / hour

The 3 Largest Contributors to Greenhouse Gas Emissions.

1. China 2. USA 3. Food Waste 931 million tonnes thrown away annually

▪ Average Sri Lankan dumps 4.5 lbs. of waste in landfill everyday.

▪ Kitchen waste represents 80.3% ▪ Garden waste represents 8.9% ▪ Paper/cardboard represents 3.0% ▪ Total waste compatible with Eco-Growth technology 92.3% ▪ Population Sri Lanka = 21,500,000

▪ Atmospheric pollution – methane (CO2 equivalent) ▪ Daily composable waste to landfill: 21,500,000 x 4.5 x 92.3% = 89,300,000 pounds of waste per day.

▪ 750,000,000 lbs. of CO2 equivalent produced per day.

▪ Ground water pollution – toxic leachate runoff contaminates local waterways.

▪ Fire in landfills are a constant concern which are extremely difficult to extinguish.

▪ Dehydrated organic landfill waste will produce the equivalent of 137,525 gigajoules of energy per day.

▪ The same energy content as 6,550 metric tonnes of coal.

▪ Average CO2 / tonne coal = 4,427 lbs. CO2 ▪ Total daily reduction in CO2 if dehydrated food waste replaces coal = 29,000,000 lbs. CO2 / DAY.

Biomass derived from landfill waste can replace coal as a fuel source.

The Cost of Emissions @ $50 metric tonne ($.023 lb.) for CO2 ▪ 750,000,000 lbs. CO2 (equivalent) per day @ $.023 lb. = $17,250,000 per DAY! ▪ 29,000,000 lbs. CO2 from burning coal @ $.023 lb. = $667,000 per DAY!.

▪ Total emissions reductions: $17,917,000 / DAY!

Where to Start When You Don’t Know Where to Start?

Small micro-systems can transform 2,000 lbs. day to 400 lbs. of high calorific biomass.

Eliminate trucking by dehydrating where the waste is generated.