Fact Sheets - Municipal Climate Partnerships

Reorganising waste management.
As part of a reorganisation of municipal waste management, a sorting plant for the collection of recyclable materials was built. Besides contributing to climate and environmental policy, the project also had a developmental impact, as informal collectors of recyclable materials were integrated into the operation of the sorting plant. Until then, they had collected recyclables from the local landfill under adverse working and living conditions.

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Reorganising waste management.
The project aimed to reorganise municipal waste management in the towns of Corinto and El Realejo. As a concrete contribution, a sorting facility for the collection of recyclables was planned and installed, and waste storage at the landfill was reorganised. In addition, a basis was to be created for making the organisation and processes of the existing local waste management system more efficient and effective at an overarching level.

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Construction of a recycling centre.
In the course of the project, a modern recycling centre was planned, built and commissioned. Thanks to the installed sorting facility, larger quantities of recyclable are now being collected and marketed in La Fortuna, and less residual waste is being produced. Furthermore, the project was also intended to contribute to the environmental education of citizens.

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Building a composting plant for market waste.
In the course of the project, a composting plant was planned, built and commissioned in Dar es Salaam. Here, organic waste can now be collected, processed into compost and finally marketed – creating value from waste. One conceptual strength of the project was that it took a systemic approach and addressed the entire value chain.

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Building a composting plant for market waste.
In Moshi a composting plant was planned, built and commissioned. Furthermore, the separation of organic and inorganic waste was introduced at two local markets. When preparing the project, delegation trips proved very useful. During a visit to Germany, the Tanzanian partners inspected several waste management facilities. This enabled the two sides to develop a common understanding of the project. Since the German project partner did not have a waste management office or a company of its own involved, a workshop was organised with an externally commissioned compost expert.

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Building a composting plant for market waste.
In the project a composting plant was planned, built and commissioned. By processing organic waste at the plant, the accumulation of waste was reduced, CO2 emissions from irregular dumping were avoided and compost was provided to farmers for use as an environmentally sound fertiliser.

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PV solar systems in selected health facilities.
This project used solar power systems to improve the power supply of 27 off-grid dispensaries in Masasi District in Tanzania. It built on a previous project. With funds from the Service Agency Communities in One World Programme to Support Municipal Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Projects (FKKP), the earlier project had already stabilised the power supply to Mkomaindo Hospital in Masasi using a solar power system with battery storage. Both projects aimed to improve health care and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Using renewable energy to stabilise the power supply.
With the installation of solar systems, the power supply of the Mkomaindo Hospital in Masasi District, Tanzania, was successfully stabilized as part of this project. The Enzkreis also helped its partner community train solar technicians to maintain the solar plants.

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Promoting the use of solar-powered fishing lamps.
The project of the partner municipalities Mwanza (Tanzania) and Würzburg (Germany) aimed at promoting the use of solar fishing lanterns at Lake Victoria. In a political and civil society dialogue process, information events on the topic were held in cooperation with many stakeholders.

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Promoting the use of solar-powered fishing lamps.
This project was about using solar fishing lamps at Lake Victoria. For this purpose, local cooperation arrangements were established. Until now, fishers have used environmentally harmful and expensive paraffin pressure lamps for night fishing. The solar lamps were promoted as a sustainable alternative.

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Model project for an energy-efficient administration building.
This project by the municipal climate partnership between the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality in South Africa and Oldenburg in Germany focused on energy efficiency improvements for an administrative building in Buffalo City. It also aimed at raising awareness among the inhabitants for climate protection issues. The preparation of a high-quality preliminary study on the topic proved to be very helpful.

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Model project for an energy-efficient administration building.
As part of the project to increase the energy efficiency of an administrative building, the climate partners also conducted an awareness campaign. This made a significant contribution to the success of the project. In the high-profile campaign, the effectiveness of measures was creatively described, for example by comparing how many cups of tea could be saved.

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Develop a climate park at the Berg River in Drakenstein.
This project was about upgrading the Paarl Arboretum, a large green space on the eastern bank of the Berg River in Drakenstein. The area was developed into a climate-smart public park that promotes climate protection and education for sustainable development. One major factor that helped making the project a success was that right from the beginning, the project team included a work package for overcoming bureaucratic obstacles when planning and obtaining approvals for the park.

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Introducing new tree care methods.
During the two-and-a-half years of the project, planting and many other measures were carried out on the site of the rehabilitated Himo Tree Nursery in order to restore and sus-tainably manage the area. The project team‘s experiences with a nature-based approach to climate change adaptation were highly positive.

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