Transforming Garbage into Power in Rwanda - 3
This pilot solid waste recycling and biomass energy project currently has 117 full-time workers and as many as 25 additional part-time workers. Close to 90 percent of these workers are women, with little or no formal education.
The enterprise has three steady sources of income: monthly service delivery fees from the households where garbage is collected daily, selling of fuel biomass briquettes, and selling of compost organic fertilizer. Within three months, the organization’s bank account has skyrocketed from zero to 5,157,500 Rwandan Francs, or approximately US$9,350. And every worker has opened his or her own bank account, where his or her salaries are deposited.
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Briquettes drying in the sun |
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