Being a Presentation at Trees on Earth Development Foundation. March 28, 2013, Ogori/Magongo LGA Conference Hall, Kogi State, Nigeria

1. PROMOTING THE CONCEPT OF TREE
PLANTING IN SUSTAINABLE WASTE
MANAGEMENT
Being a Presentation at
Trees on Earth Development Foundation.
March 28, 2013, Ogori/Magongo LGA
Conference Hall, Kogi State
By
Femi Idowu-Ajibogun MCIWM -LONDON

2. Introduction
A ‘Sustainable economic system’ is
difficult to define due to uncertainties
over timeframes and the complexity of
assessing environmental impacts.
However, it is clear that a more
sustainable system is one which allows
for greater efficiency in resource use
and recycling of materials through an
economy.

3. Introduction
Resources and Sustainability
Modern society is placing an increasing demand
on the earth’s resources and the capacity of natural
systems to absorb our waste and pollution. This is
affecting environmental quality across the world.
As a result, waste and resource management is a /
should be a primary concern for our society.
“Sustainable development” was defined by the
united Nations(UN) World commission on
Environment and Development in 1987 as
“development which meets the needs of the
present generation without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet their own
needs’.

4. Tree Planting
The process of transplanting tree
seedlings, generally for forestry, land
reclamation or landscaping purposes.

5. Tree Planting Use
Effective to beautify the environment,
Provide Shade
Wind Protection
Enhance Privacy
Increases real estate value.
Tree planting can be used as a geo-
engineering technique to remove CO2 from
the atmosphere

6. Tree Planting in Africa
Professor Wangari Maathai Founded Green
Belt Movement (GBM) in 1977
GBM has planted over 51 million trees in
Kenya
GBM works at the grassroots, national, and
international levels to promote environmental
conservation, to build climate resilience and
empower communities.

7. Tree Planting in Africa
RIPPLE Africa has been running a tree planting
project in Malawi since 2006 to
1. Provide a sustainable source of timber by
planting quick growing exotic trees
2. Conserve existing indigenous trees by
decreasing the demand for wood from
Malawi’s natural forest
3. Restore degraded land by planting
indigenous trees where appropriate

8. Tree Planting in Africa
RIPPLE Africa’s tree planting has helped over
175 community groups to plant over 3million
trees in the Nkhata Bay District of Malawi

9. Sustainable Waste Management
“We can maximize the amount of value
recovered from waste through recycling,
composting and energy recovery and to prevent
or reduce as far as possible the negative effects
on the environment and human health of
landfill/dumpsites”.

10. Sustainable Waste Management
Hierachy

11. Sustainable Waste Management
Hierachy
Reduction
Reuse
Recycling/Composting
Energy Recovery
Disposal

12. How does waste management affect
climate change?
Disposing of waste incurs energy to collect
and transport – requires fossil fuels, which
emit greenhouse gases when burned.
When biodegradable waste is placed in
landfill/dumpsite, it will emit greenhouse
gases as it decomposes.
However its not just the way waste is handled
that affects climate change.

13. How does waste management affect
climate change?
Physical Waste is an end point of a process where
materials have been extracted from the
environment, processed, transported, stored and
used before being disposed
Recycling materials can help reduce greenhouse
gases
Recycling reduces raw material needs to be
extracted from the environment.
Recyclable material often requires less intensive
processing than raw materials and so save
energy, raw materials and greenhouses gases.

14. Why Recycle?
Steel – each tonne of steel packaging recycled:
saves 1.5 tonnes of iron ore; saves 0.5 tonnes
of coke; delivers an energy saving of between
62% and 74%. It also reduces air emissions by
86%; water pollution by 76%; and solid waste
production by 1.28% tonnes.
Source: Corus
Aluminium- Recycling an aluminium can save
enough energy to run a television for three
hours. Source: alupro.org.uk

15. Why Recycle?
Plastic- Recycling just one plastic bottle can save
the same amount of energy as is needed to
power a 60W lightbulb for six hours.
Source: RECOUP
MInerals - 1 tonne of finished platinum requires
the removal of 950,000 tonnes of ore. 1 tonne of
gold requires 350,000 tonnes of ore. Recycling
1kg of aluminium saves 8kg of bauxite, 4kg of
chemicals and 14W of energy.
Source: Wuppertal Institute for Climate,
Environment and Energy

16. Why Recycle?
Electronics- One 32MB random access
memory (RAM) module requires : 32kg of
water; 1.6kg of fossil fuels; 700g of gases; and
72g of various chemicals.
15% of 20-inch liquid crystal display(LCD)
screens are rejected in manufacture.
Source: United Nations University, Tokyo

17. Why Recycle?
Composting – In 2005/2006 2.95Mt of
municipal waste was composted in the UK.
This reduced the amount of biodegradable
waste sent to landfill and provided an
alternative to peat, artificial fertilisers and
other soil conditioners. It also generated
income from sale of products.
Source: Defra’s ‘Municipal waste management
data 2005/06’

18. Tree Planting / SWM
Reusing Closed landfill sites for tree planting
Tree planting for land remediation
Geo-engineering
Reclamation
Energy recovery
Empowering communities on climate change
mitigation

19. Tree Planting / SWM
Waste or Tree is a Resource and, like all
resources, it has a value. A sustainable waste
management and Tree conservation system is
needed to deliver that value to the public,
private sector and our environment.

20. THANKS FOR PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT
TODAY FOR FUTURE USE.