22 Feb 2010

ASIA / TRASH INTO CASH

UN-backed initiative aims to transform 'trash into cash’ through solid waste development strategies in cities in Asia and the Pacific. WORLD BANK, UNICEF, UNTV

Posted at: February 22, 2010 3:59 pm

Duration: 01:57

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STORY: ASIA / TRASH INTO CASH
TRT: 1:57
SOURCE: WORLD BANK / UNICEF / UNTV 
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: FILE

SHOTLIST:

UNICEF - 28 MARCH- 01 APRIL 2009, BOUBAZAR SLUM, KAFRUL, KACHUKHET, DHAKA, AND GAZIPUR, OUTSKIRTS OF DHAKA, BANGLADESH

1. Wide shot, mosque in the skyline
2. Wide shot, tilt down, activity in a slum
3. Med shot, UNICEF health workers walking through a narrow lane
4. Med shot, woman using a hand pump to clean

UNTV - SEPTEMBER 2004, PHILIPPINES

5. Various shots, slum houses along riverside
6. Various shots, people scavenging on top of garbage dump

WORLD BANK - 2007, CHONGQING, CHINA

7. Wide shot, garbage dump
8. Pan right, raw sewage
9. Wide shot, garbage dump
10. Wide shot, landfill

WORLD BANK - JUNE 2009, ANKARA, TURKEY

11. Various shots, garbage processing plant
12. Various shots, compost production plant

WORLD BANK - JUNE 2009, CAIRO, EGYPT

13. Various shots, truck dumping garbage
14. Various shots, sorting garbage
15. Various shots, garbage dump

STORYLINE:

Under a new United Nations-backed initiative launched today, cities in Asia and the Pacific, which are dealing with ever-increasing heaps of waste, will be able to transform 'trash into cash.'

The scheme – unveiled by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and Waste Concern, a Bangladeshi non-governmental organization (NGO) – seeks to help solid waste development strategies become decentralized, pro-poor, low-carbon and self-financing through the sale of carbon credits.

Exploding urban populations and economies in the region have resulted in a surge in solid wastes that municipal governments are finding difficult to dispose of, as dumpsites fill up and land for new ones is becoming harder to come by.

Even though local governments spend up to 60 per cent of their annual budgets to collect, transport and dispose of solid wastes, not all waste is collected and is often disposed in crude open dumps that pollute the atmosphere and water.

The new programme seeks to harness the potential of the informal waste collection sector, which has demonstrated that recycling trash can be extremely profitable.

Millions make a living from recycling waste, both from inorganic recyclable waste and organic waste, which can be turned into compost and can generate initial start-up costs through carbon credits.