Integrated landfill management and monitoring system development for the City of Addis Ababa

Purpose: to contribute the effort for development of Integrated solid waste Management and Monitoring System for the city of Addis Ababa through provision of technical assistance and standardized methodologies.

Start – End Date: October 2010- December 2018

Local partners:  Addis Ababa Solid Waste Recycling and Disposal Office, Addis Ababa Parks Office, Addis Ababa Beautification office
International Partners:  US-EPA, Texas University Solid Waste Management Department
Project Location:  Addis Ababa – Repi dumpsite and Sendafa Sanitary Landfill

Partnership startup

 HoA-REC&N, AAU has singed project implementation partnership contract agreement with the city government of Addis Ababa on integrated solid waste management activities on October, 2010. The collaborative effort had resulted in the partial closure of the Repi open dumping site with a flaring system in place, registration of the project under methane capturing landfill project on CDM and the transformation of the reclaimed site in to a public park. The period of performance under the contract was 15 years with renewal in 5 year intervals.

Success stories and opportunities

• In 2010- 2013  pipe line for landfill gas collection and gas flaring system has been constructed (on the closed total area of 19 hectares),

Figure 1: Closure of the open dumpsite and flaring system construction

• In 2012 the project was registered under the UNFCCC as the first landfill methane capturing project in Ethiopia.
• In 2015 an international park design competition for the transformation of the Repi/Koshe dumpsite has been launched and winning firms were selected. The preliminary design of the overall park was completed.

Figure2: Koshe public park design competition and selection of winner firm

• In 2016 CER Buyer has been identified and contract agreement has been signed between CGAASWMA and Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment.

Renewal of project implementation partnership contract agreement

Based on the result obtained and with intention to close Repi/Koshe open dump site and shift to the newly constructed Sendafa Landfill and to continue the activities a renewal of project implementation agreement was signed at the beginning of 2016 with budget support from the former Addis Ababa City Administration Solid Waste Management Agency. The project duration was from January 2016 to December, 2018.

Major achievements

 Brief summary of the accomplishments as per the agreement were:

• A final design document for the construction of the Repi/koshe museum has been finalized,
• Various researches pertinent to the overall waste management of Addis Ababa City and landfill related Social, environmental, technical, operational issues have been conducted,
• Addis Ababa Public Parks management plan has been prepared,
• Continuous Landfill Gas flaring and monitoring activities in Koshe has been conducted as per the CDM criteria,
• The office at the Sendafa sanitary landfill site has been organized,
• Landscaping and side slope stabilization works at the Sendafa sanitary landfill  and Pilot composting program have been initiated and all the necessary  materials, tools and equipment related to the project activities have been purchased and fixed.
• The monitoring and research/studies have been conducted for Sendafa landfill on surface water, ground water, effectiveness of leachate treatment ponds constructed to treat the effluent discharges from the landfill as well as ambient air quality.

Figure 3: Air quality, Surface and ground water monitoring field work

OPPORTUNITIES

Availability of abundant resources that can attract private investment on:

• Material recovery
• Waste to energy
• Composting, and others