EnvironmentAt a Global Zero Waste Alliance meeting in Antalya, Zubaida Rahman said a Dhaka project plans to turn 3,000 tonnes of household waste a day into 42.5 megawatts of power, while improved rice farming and organic fertiliser from organic waste are meant to cut methane.
Nana Nikuradze, who farms one hectare in Samtredia, now composts crop residues and manure instead of burning them and aims to replace all her chemical fertiliser.
EnvironmentA BRAC project funded by the Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund has collected about 150 tonnes of waste on St Martin's Island in 11 months and composts its organic waste, but its first phase ends on 30 November with no decision on renewal.
EnvironmentUniversity of Illinois Extension and the nonprofit SCARCE are again collecting autumn pumpkins for composting, keeping them out of landfills where they rot without oxygen and give off methane.
At Nam Cuong cooperative in Ninh Binh, mechanised direct seeding with deep fertiliser placement raised rice yields 28% to 5.65 tonnes a hectare, and machine-turned straw compost halves composting time for the potato crop.
OrganicAt the Chico State University Farm, finished compost is agitated in aerated water and the extract is sent through drip irrigation to support soil fungi and bacteria.
With machine composting and training through an IRRI-backed project, New Green Farm Cooperative in the Mekong Delta now earns from straw it once burned and has cut chemical nitrogen use by 40%.
