Recycling of Charcoal Briquettes from waste materials

Youth environment Service is implementing a project on waste sanitation and management in Busia Municipality, Busia District.   In tandem with reduction of waste load that comes from the main market commonly known for ‘produce’, households, and from the waste link agents, the organization saw it imperative to recycle some of the waste instead of it being dumped in corridors which had made the situation precarious. Secondly, the project will create employment to the young people, increase on house hold income hence reduction on poverty, and enable self sustainability by the Village Environment Committees (VEC). The whole process started with a vigorous training which involved the Village Environment Committees (VEC) and some of the organization field staffs who will go ahead and train the rest of the members.  

Make sure you tighten well this bolt. The facilitator Silvia Naigaga from ARTI seems to be instructing the trainees

Let us also try out on our own. The trainees seem to be mentioning as they assemble the machine equipment.

Trainees assembling the briquette making machine

 The waste of maize cobs, dry leaves, waste papers, charcoal dust, banana peelings and dry grass is expected to tremendously reduce in the town in the shortest time to come. A serious hunt for them will proceed as more and more briquettes will be produced.

Waste sorting going on

Filling the Kiln with the waste raw material

Waste combustion

The charcoal briquettes products will reduce on cutting down of trees since charcoal briquettes will be on market hence environment conservation. It will also be used for cooking and heating by many communities in the informal settlement to boil their drinking water.

The process will also motivate food production since there will be need for more raw materials.