Cameroon: Eco-Friendly Coal Made From Banana Skins and Corn

Students at the University of Douala, in Cameroon’s economic capital, explain how they are producing eco-friendly

coal

Coal is ranked by its degree of transformation or maturity, increasing in carbon content from...

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using waste from bananas, sugarcane and cassava collected from the city’s markets.

Charcoal

Charcoal is carbon produced by the pyrolysis of wood in the absence of oxygen. Made in kilns,...

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is widely used in Cameroon but it exacerbates deforestation, whereas “eco-friendly coal” recycles plant waste.