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Vacuum toilets on the way 26 Aug 2013 | 04:37 pm
The Ikotoilets will soon have the best facilities in Africa. The vacum toilet are common in aircrafts where flushing the toilet requires less than a glassful of water…the toilet can save 90 per cent ...
Sun-dried banana charcoal saves livelihoods and forests 16 Aug 2013 | 02:32 pm
Kenya banana farmers are learning from their Ugandan counterparts how to make banana briquettes (charcoal) from banana waste. This venture is putting into good use millions of tonnes of banana peels ...
Charcoal burning alarming 12 Aug 2013 | 01:37 pm
Charcoal burning has been blamed for the wanton destruction of kakamega forest… It is suspected those behind the cultivation of the bhang have taken advantage of the lapses in the patrols to enter th...
ASHOKA team from Kenya and the US offices on 2nd August 2013 7 Aug 2013 | 06:29 pm
The ASHOKA team admire the IkoToilet Plus on 2nd August 2013 Mr. David Kuria,CEO Ecotact Limited explains to the team how the IkoToilet Plus works The post ASHOKA team from Kenya and the US o...
How students’ charcoal idea helps save forests, earns residents income 7 Aug 2013 | 04:37 pm
The Kabarak University students’ group involved in a project to make affordable charcoal from locally available materials – maize cobs and cow dung – instead of chopped trees. The maize cobs are bur...
Assembly bans charcoal trade 6 Aug 2013 | 06:43 pm
There will be no more charcoal trading in Kitui county until measures are put in place to regulate the lucrative but controversial business. The decision to ban the trade indefinitely was reached by ...
Current laws sufficient for managing Kenya’s waste 5 Aug 2013 | 12:35 pm
The existing laws and the National Environmental Management Authority (Nema), are enough to rid Nairobi and other counties of the menace that is mountain of garbage…. Existing global practice calls f...
New policy to manage solid waste 31 Jul 2013 | 06:04 pm
Amounts of garbage collected and disposed in most towns range between 10-40 per cent, which is a clear sign of a horrible situation… Mismanagement of these wastes typically has resulted in pollution ...
Turning garbage into energy 31 Jul 2013 | 12:07 pm
The Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) is exploring the possibility of producing thermal electricity at the Dandora dumpsite in Nairobi.The Dandora dumpsite can generate about 30 megawatts ...
Prepare Your Inner 10-year-old: Spain is Building Poop-mobiles 9 Jul 2013 | 01:13 pm
Would you drive a poop-mobile? It seems like the people of Spain would! In a bid to reduce the country’s dependence on imported oil, Spanish energy company All-gas is spending over $15 million to r...
