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Blog | Brazil’s Path to Organic Waste Transformation
Blog | Brazil’s Path to Organic Waste Transformation
Delterra is helping Brazilian cities reduce their emissions from waste and develop a circular economy With nearly half of its municipal solid waste made up of organics, Brazil represents one of the world’s greatest untapped opportunities to cut methane emissions and drive circularity. Methane emissions from organic waste are one of the leading causes of
Report | Unlocking Flexible Plastics Recycling
Report | Unlocking Flexible Plastics Recycling
Flexible plastics make up a large share of municipal waste in Buenos Aires, yet only a small fraction is recycled today. Our newly released report – developed through a two-year initiative led by Delterra in partnership with Dow and the Alliance to End Plastic Waste – is now live. This project outlines how flexible plastics
Case Study | A model for cities: How Buenos Aires is reducing methane through smarter organic waste management - Delterra
Case Study | A model for cities: How Buenos Aires is reducing methane through smarter organic waste management - Delterra
Highlights & Gratitude | A Season of Impact with Delterra - Delterra
Highlights & Gratitude | A Season of Impact with Delterra - Delterra
A year of impact, made possible by You Dear Friends, As 2025 comes to a close, I find myself reflecting not only on what we have achieved together this year, but on where that impact has truly come to life: in the cities, communities and households benefiting from Delterra’s actions. In Brazil, we have developed partnerships
Blog | “No Sorting, No Collection”: How Kekeran Village Transformed Its Residents’ Waste Management Behaviors in Just 14 Days
Blog | “No Sorting, No Collection”: How Kekeran Village Transformed Its Residents’ Waste Management Behaviors in Just 14 Days
How Kekeran Village Revolutionized Waste Sorting Sorting waste at the source is one of the most critical steps to ensure that organic materials don’t end up in landfills or polluting the environment. However, encouraging communities to adopt this habit has proven notoriously difficult. In just two weeks, Kekeran Village in Badung Regency, Bali, achived what
Blog | Lessons from collaborating with waste workers on-the-ground in three different Global South countries
Blog | Lessons from collaborating with waste workers on-the-ground in three different Global South countries
Lessons from collaborating with waste workers on-the-ground in three different Global South countries It’s feeling like déjà vu as delegations from 175 countries prepare for the 6th round of negotiations on a binding global plastics treaty in Geneva in August. This INC-5.2 session will seek to find a path forward on some familiar thorny issues:
Case Study | Olavarría: A lighthouse example for scaling municipal waste transformation - Delterra
Case Study | Olavarría: A lighthouse example for scaling municipal waste transformation - Delterra
Olavarría: A lighthouse example for scaling municipal waste transformation Almost five years ago, Delterra began working with the City of Olavarría, Argentina, to prove that it is possible to transform a municipality’s waste management system to be more circular. The goal was to do this in a way that dramatically boosts recycled materials, is as
Brazil News | How a Brazilian City is Pioneering the Circular Economy
Brazil News | How a Brazilian City is Pioneering the Circular Economy
White Paper Release | Tackling Sustainability Gaps & Plastic Pollution - Delterra
White Paper Release | Tackling Sustainability Gaps & Plastic Pollution - Delterra
As global momentum builds towards tackling plastic pollution, with the upcoming UN plastics treaty setting the stage, the consumer-packaged goods (CPG) sector plays a critical role in reducing plastic waste and strengthening recycling systems worldwide. Transitioning to a circular economy for packaging is not only vital to advancing international climate goals but also crucial for
Video | Additive Value of Behavioral Sciences on the Environment with Jeremy Douglas
Video | Additive Value of Behavioral Sciences on the Environment with Jeremy Douglas
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Global Methane Initiative | GMI Biogas Subcommittee Workshop Series: Source Segregation of Waste: Key to Methane Reduction from the Waste Sector
Global Methane Initiative | GMI Biogas Subcommittee Workshop Series: Source Segregation of Waste: Key to Methane Reduction from the Waste Sector
The Global Methane Initiative (GMI) is an international public-private partnership focused on reducing barriers to the recovery and use of methane as a clean energy source.
GreenBiz | Sustainably wrapped: Overcoming barriers to circular packaging
GreenBiz | Sustainably wrapped: Overcoming barriers to circular packaging
Scientist, Consultant, CEO: The Sustainability Journey behind Delterra - Delterra
Scientist, Consultant, CEO: The Sustainability Journey behind Delterra - Delterra
In the latest episode of The Sustainability Journey podcast, host Samuele Tini speaks with our President and CEO, Dr. Shannon Bouton. Samuele brought insightful questions about the increasingly pressing problem of waste on an unbalanced planet and Delterra’s approach to tackling material circularity. The episode also dives into Shannon's own personal journey in sustainability –
Circular Cities: The Six Dimensions of Circular Waste Management - Delterra
Circular Cities: The Six Dimensions of Circular Waste Management - Delterra
We are in the midst of a chronic waste crisis. Despite renewed commitments by businesses and policymakers to support the transition to a circular economy, we are polluting our world at a rate higher than ever before. The circular economy demands recycled material, yet many cities struggle with overflowing landfills, informal dumping and burning of
Waste and its Role in Climate Change
Waste and its Role in Climate Change
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Delterra: Blog, News, Reports, and More!
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