Enviroserv and JCF agree on largest South African CDM contract
15 February 2005, South Africa
The South African waste management company EnviroServ entered into an Emission Reductions Purchase Agreement with the Japanese Carbon Fund for the Chloorkop landfill project. Climate Focus, Lee International, Landfills+ Inc., and Jones & Wagener advised EnviroServ in technical and transactional aspects of the deal.
EnviroServ is the largest waste management company on the African continent. EnviroServ offers a one stop facility including general waste collection, transport, treatment and disposal.
The transaction is the largest South African CDM project to date and the first contract of the Japanese Carbon Fund
The Enviroserv Chloorkop Landfill site has been used for the disposal of municipal solid waste since 1997, receiving approximately 1 500 tons of waste per day (approximately 396 000 tons per annum). The objective of the project is to start landfill extraction at the site and destruct the landfill gas.