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Young Builders Challenge Season 2 Community Solutions - Startup / Early Operations

Kwathu plastic charcoal

by EZALA BANDA
Current votes: 1
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Kwathu Plastic Charcoal is an innovative clean energy business that converts waste plastics into affordable alternative fuel briquettes. The idea was developed to address two major challenges affecting Malawi: increasing plastic waste pollution and limited access to cleaned affordable cooking energy. Through a recycling process, discarded plastic materials are transformed into useful fuel products that can reduce...

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