http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/2345 Comments for "Chardust briquettes" en http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/2345 <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-6"><table class="actable" width="470px" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr><td class="actable-left" width="175px" valign="top"> <div class="flexinode-textfield-23"> <strong>Managing Organization: </strong> Chardust Ltd.<br /><br /> </div> <div class="flexinode-image-32"><br /> <img alt="Chardust briquettes" src="http://www.nextbillion.net/files/chardust.jpg" /><br /><br /> </div> <div class="flexinode-textfield-38"> <strong>Activity URL: </strong> <dd><a href="http://www.chardust.com/" TARGET="_blank">http://www.chardust.com/</a></dd><br /><br /> </div> <td width="295px" valign="top" align="left"> <div class="flexinode-textarea-22"> <strong>Activity Description: </strong> Although illegal, using charcoal for fuel in Kenya is cheap ($150 per tonne) and therefore popular: more than two million tons of charcoal are used for fuel per year. Chardust Ltd. was founded in 2000 with the aim of producing viable substitutes for charcoal on a commercially sustainable basis. Chardust developed techniques to convert biomass wastes into low-cost charcoal briquettes. <br /><Br />Chardust creates local employment and sells over 200 tonnes per month into institutional and domestic markets in Kenya, displacing an equivalent amount of unsustainably harvested lumpwood charcoal. While providing a cheaper energy alternative to traditional charcoal, Chardust sales contribute to job creation, waste recycling and environmental conservation. <br class="clear" /></div> </td> </tr> </table> </div><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/2345">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/2345#comment BOP Technology Activity Energy Activity Environmental Activity Active Consumer For-profit Activity Kenya Private Investment Funded Sub-Saharan Africa Thu, 02 Mar 2006 11:46:50 -0500 _Alex Bloom 2345 at http://www.nextbillion.net