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...Strauss was inspired to embark on the project while working as a counselor at Prairie View A&M University, an all-black college in Texas, during the summer following his sophomore year...
...size sustainable, controlling Bali's growing litter problem. "In Bali, they are aware that if they don't take care of their waste, the tourists will go away," says Bernt Harald Bakken, a Norwegian manager at PT Navigat Organic Energy Indonesia, the local company that is running the project. "So there's a strong commitment to keep Bali clean...
Construction is still in its early stages. Bakken says the project should have been further along, but, as he notes with a shrug, "This is Indonesia." Still, as Bakken walks through the waves of waste, he gestures to the half-built beginnings of the project: eleven concrete cells that will each contain up to 12,000 cubic meters (15,695 cubic yards) of organic waste. (The landfill will employ the scavengers who now roam the garbage heaps to pick out inorganic waste, which doesn't produce biogas.) Once waste is packed inside the airtight cells, anaerobic digestion by bacteria will...
...landfill gas plant will initially produce about 1 MW of power, starting in 2008, with a maximum capacity of some 10 MW - enough to deliver electricity to around 700 Bali households. Those numbers might seem small, and while the Suwung project is a nice start, that modest scale is part of the problem. CDM projects are one of the most promising ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries - all the more important, given that most of the increase in carbon dioxide in the near future will come from outside the developed world. But while funders are flocking...
...Suwung project is a nice start, and one that will directly benefit the residents of Bali. As Bakken leads a tour around the edges of the landfill, he points out a trash-strewn creek flowing between the raw piles of waste and a surprisingly vibrant thatch of mangroves. Sprigs of jatropha - a tropical shrub that can be harvested to produce clean biodiesel - are already growing on the slopes of garbage. "We're going to green this landfill," says Bakken. "One day this is going to be a park." Squint enough - and hold your nose against the smell...