Briquettes: The Charcoal Alternative

Anatole Bandu explains the production of briquettes as an alternative to charcoal to reduce the destruction of trees in Virunga National Park, DR Congo.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• briquette
• charcoal
• virunga
• congo

[CardboardFurniture]

Thanks Anatole for sharing your briquette demo! I wonder if designing a stove that burns less wood, and can burn green things or plants is another solution. how about using self-feeding fires inside a TLUD stove/cooker? Wouldn't this save wood? and you needn't make briquettes all day long. Instead conentrate on designing better cookers. I'm doing an experiment on this soon, will let you know. how it goes. All the best gorillcd team!

[blahblahchachacha]

i am moved beyond words. you are so resourceful and ingenious. if you ever came to the united states, you might be horrified by what we take for granted. man, you even recycle your water. all this to save the ecosystem and the gorillas. inspiring. i bet you could sell these briquettes in the united states. the money could go to preserving virunga...

[hujamboj]

We enjoyed your video. For those looking for more information on briquette making please contact legacy foundation organisation for training materials and information on the world wide network of briquetters. We can't post our website in comments, but a google search of fuel briquettes should lead you to the site. Also check out the video on youtube at jahmbo for more info.

[drannard123]

ok very good and very intelligent idea keep up your good work eco friendly

[MrAnatole1]

Sorry for not reponding at time. I have been out training 48 Community based Organisation. 33 of them are using them and 20 have been testify the way it has been reduce the cost in their montly bugdet. Please we need your support to expand this technology among the community

[MrAnatole1]

Sorry darwinmarivic for not respond at time. I have been out tranining the Community based organisations on how to produce briquettes we manage to train 48 organisations and we offered 15 presses machines to them and 75 stoves . we realy need your support to produce others presses machines for the other organistions remaining.

[heymakerphd]

I'm not only impressed by the optimism of the Congolese people in general, and by these young men's inventiveness and ambition, but by the speaker's effort to explain the whole thing in English. Not much I can suggest except possibly a large funnel with a stop or cover in the center. Fill the pipe more efficiently. Also, since there's so much water anyway, make it wetter, so it will pour into the funnel. And maybe a larger pan so you can save effort, and the pan would last longer too. Good luck.

[GMPresents]

An excellent way of recycling waste in order to produce a useful item. I was looking at ways to make charcoal the other day too, very easy, looks like fun and probably more satisfying than buying the fuel in the first place.

[BlakeMason2]

With no power, gas, etc, the amount of junk paper available is interesting. With no TV, no media, etc., what's all the paper used for? Govt propaganda?

[Zoie3x8]

if there are automobiles in the area, you can use a bottle jack-lift to power the compression as well.

The good thing about briquettes is that it is beneficial for even 1st world countries like America or China.

look up 'Peterson press' for a way to do it in countries with abit more of an infrastructure.