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 Burnable Briquettes Made from Banana Skins Make Use of Waste Published: Jun 16, 09 Comments: 3 Views: 1,463 University of Nottingham PhD student, Joel Chaney has developed a simple method of producing banana waste briquettes that can be made and burnt as fuel in nations like Rwanda, which suffer from deforestation due to firewood harvesting. The skins, leaves, and stems from more than 2 million pounds of bananas each year have traditionally been abandoned as waste in Rwanda. With Joel Chaney’s method, the waste can be converted to hard banana briquettes and used as cooking fuel.  To turn the banana waste into burnable briquettes, the banana skins and leaves are first mashed to a pulp and then mixed with sawdust or sun dried banana stems to create a moldable material. The pulp is compressed into a brick shape and baked in an oven, or sun dried for a few days if an oven is not available. Once dried, the bricks form an ideal fuel for cooking.
Similar to biochar, the technology of using waste to create a fuel source is a growing trend that could represent a solution to…
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