Awareness Materials Santo Domingo LOW-M Portfolio Published 2024 Share SHARE Facebook share Twitter LinkedIn Copy URL Email Download Download Santo Domingo_LOW-M Portfolio_web version Nov8.pdf en Added on: 14 November, 2024 Breadcrumb Home Resource Library Santo Domingo LOW-M Portfolio This LOW-Methane Portfolio summarises Santo Domingo’s overall targets for ambitious methane reductions in the waste sector, priority goals, and current and proposed lines of action. It is subject to further change as this work evolves. This portfolio is intended to serve as a basis for discussions about the next steps, including with partners that are exploring providing additional support to the Santo Domingo team to advance this work. TARGETS To advance Dominican Republic’s first NDC (2020), Santo Domingo is working on better collection, treatment, and disposal of waste, including landfill gas capture and use and waste-derived byproducts for energy purposes and as organic fertilizers. This work also leverages the country’s General Law for the Integrated Management and Co-Processing of Solid Waste, implementing the National Plan for Integrated Waste Management (PLANGIR), and the IDB-supported Program for the Integrated and Sustainable Management of Solid Waste in Great Santo Domingo.