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Advancing Climate Change Mitigation Goals through Improved Solid Waste Management

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30 Nov, 2023

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Advancing Climate Change Mitigation Goals through Improved Solid Waste Management
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Tue, 11/28/2023 – 18:52

In recognition of the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Clean Cities, Blue Ocean program—the Agency’s flagship program to address ocean plastic pollution under the Save our Seas Initiative—invites you to learn more about sustainable, climate-smart waste management practices being implemented by the program and its partners, such as disposal site remediation, improved waste collection and routing, and advancing the 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle).

COP28 is a pivotal moment for global efforts to address challenges around climate change. The increasing manufacture, distribution, use—and often improper disposal—of plastic products and other waste is simultaneously driving ocean plastic pollution and intensifying the climate crisis. However, improved waste management and recycling systems have the potential to significantly reduce GHG emissions and mitigate climate change.

USAID and its Clean Cities, Blue Ocean program are piloting new approaches to strengthen local solid waste management systems that also help cities reduce their waste-related GHG emissions.

Featured Speakers

  • Moderated by:  Silvia Petrova, Ocean Plastics and Urban Advisor, U.S. Agency for International Development
  • Gillian Caldwell, Chief Climate Officer, U.S. Agency for International Development
  • Aarthi Ananthanarayanan, Director of the Climate and Plastics Initiative, Ocean Conservancy
  • Tri Dewi Virgiyanti, Director for Housing and Settlement, Ministry of National Development Planning of the Republic of Indonesia 
  • Carla Cisneros, Country Director, USAID Clean Cities Blue Ocean Peru
  • Nurhasanah Dewi Irwandi, Chief of Sustainability, Prevented Ocean Plastic Southeast Asia
  • Jon Angin, Chief of Party, USAID Clean Cities Blue Ocean 

The webinar will be delivered in English, with closed captioning available in Bahasa Indonesian, Filipino, Spanish, and Vietnamese.

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Learn how USAID and its Clean Cities, Blue Ocean program are strengthening local solid waste management systems that also reduce GHG emissions.

Event Date

Monday, December 4, 2023, 8:00
– 9:00 am EST
(1:00 – 2:00 pm UTC)

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Topic

Emissions
Climate
Climate Change
Marine
Water and Sanitation

Strategic Objective

Mitigation

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ABB receives EPD status for gearless mill drive ring motor

ABB receives EPD status for gearless mill drive ring motor

ABB has gained Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) status for its Gearless Mill Drive (GMD) ring motor — technology used to drive large grinding mills in the mining industry.

An EPD is a standardised document that provides detailed information about the environmental impact of a product throughout its life cycle. Based on a comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study, the EPD highlights ABB’s commitment to transparency, environmental responsibility and supporting customers in making informed decisions on sustainability in their supply chains.

ABB analysed the environmental impact of a ring motor across its entire life cycle from supply chain and production to usage and end-of-life disposal. The study was conducted for a ring motor of a semi-autogenous grinding (SAG) mill with an installed power of 24 MW and was based on a reference service life of 25 years.

“Sustainability is at the core of our purpose at ABB, influencing how we operate and innovate for customers,” said Andrea Quinta, Sustainability Specialist at ABB. “By earning the Environmental Product Declaration for our ring motor, we emphasise our environmental stewardship and industry leadership for this technology. We adhered to the highest standards throughout this process, as we do in the ABB Ring Motor factory every day. This recognition highlights to the mining industry what they are bringing into their own operations when they work with ABB.”

The comprehensive LCA was conducted at ABB’s factory in Bilbao, Spain, and was externally verified and published in accordance with international standards ISO 14025 and ISO 14040/14044. It will remain valid for five years.

The ring motor, a key component of the GMD, is a drive system without any gears where the transmission of the torque between the motor and the mill is done through the magnetic field in the air gap between the motor stator and the motor rotor. It optimises grinding applications in the minerals and mining industries by enabling variable-speed operation, leading to energy and cost savings.

The full EPD for the ABB GMD Ring Motor can be viewed on EPD International.

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