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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Bangladesh Cooking Fuel From Rice Hulls: An Integrated Food-Energy
In 2009, CTI sponsored a facility that uses rice hulls, a waste product from rice processing, to produce solid fuel sticks. The facility has been in operation for over 18 months and is now self sustainable. Rice hulls are obtained … Continue reading
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Agri-Waste Fuel Sticks
In a facility built in Bangladesh with support from CTI, rice hulls (an inedible by-product of rice production) are converted into low-cost fuel sticks. Using a fairly simple process of heat and compression, Bangladeshis convert rice hulls into four-foot long … Continue reading
AG-WASTE FUEL STICKS COMBAT DEFORESTATION AND SPAWN ENTERPRISE IN BANGLADESH
AG-WASTE FUEL STICKS COMBAT DEFORESTATION AND SPAWN ENTERPRISE IN BANGLADESH
A little over a year ago, CTI opened a production facility in Bangladesh that creates fuel sticks made from rice hulls. The microenterprise is located in a major rice growing region that also produces tons of non-edible biomass in the form of rice straw, rice husks and rice hulls. Using a fairly simple process of heat and compression, Bangladeshi workers convert rice hulls into four-foot long fuel sticks. The fuel sticks are sold in local stores at the same price of firewood, but they burn cleaner, provide employment, and don’t threaten an essential resource. Read More
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