Haiti: Recycled Paper Charcoal

For further information on this subject, please visit PPAF's website at http://ppafoundation.org

Mountains of garbage are a dirty reality for Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince. But with assistance from the UN Development Program, a new waste management project hopes to turn trash into a cheap source of energy. The paper waste gets pounded, mashed up, mixed with sawdust, and then squeezed into cylinders to make a dry briquette of recycled paper charcoal. Without electricity, Haiti's population of nearly nine million depends on wood-based charcoal for fuel. So it is no surprise that the country has lost 98% of its trees. Bare mountainsides lead to erosion, and severe flooding. Though a tropical island, parts of Haiti are fast becoming a desert. The briquettes could help solve Haiti's looming environmental crisis. UN In Action # 1142 July 2008.

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• haiti
• recycled paper
• charcoal
• recycling
• waste management
• port au prince
• port-au-prince
• UNDP
• PPAF
• alternative energy
• united nations
• charcoal briquettes
• environmental solutions

[wildgift2]

500 briquets for 1 cent per is $5.

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[timar28]

to gether we can built Haiti.

[poorpipee]

Great work.

[shany9988]

That's great news. Glad to see something is being done about this waste issue.

[lovecarlaa18]

this is great!

[islandluc]

I believe we can overcome this calamity.