Four Fascinating Ways to Turn Trash Into Fuel | World Wide Waste | Insider Business

As climate experts warn we must shift away from using fossil fuels, entrepreneurs around the world are making renewable alternatives from unwanted fruits, vegetables, and more. Now, old food is being used to heat homes, electrify city streets, and power entire villages.

Intro: (00:00)
Vegetable Biogas (00:47)
Coconut Briquettes (5:36)
Argentinian Biologs (11:17)
Tofu Biogas (18:59)

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[SqueakyWheelMakesNoise]

The coconut guy is smart. Hope he does well in life. Sad he has gone through so much.

[therahulrs]

The developing world does more for waste management and sustainability than most developed countries do

[BOMBON]

While its great to see food not entirely go to waste but at the same time sad to see it go to waste.

[therealhellkitty]

It would be great if the fellow making the coconut logs could use biodegradable packaging rather than plastic clamshells. I’m impressed with the ingenuity behind all of these examples. Best to them for much success.

[GhostieToasterStrudel]

Wish more countries would start this, you’d think they would with how much environmental preservation has increased in recent years.

[Tabitha_.]

In india it happens in many places that the sellers would throw the food away rather than lowering the price or giving the poor. Its still good that it gives benefit in different way but thats not what is needed at the moment.

[philthytanks]

Dudes just chainsmoking cigs in the tofu factory, ashing all over 😂

[vian-ijsv]

Cost too much to transport back home? So, what, are they just going to live in the city and not go back home? With people starving, it's such a waste. It can be dried, fermented, or canned.
These people are creative.

[cftfwqg]

Haha am I the only one wondering about the guy carrying a tray with to-sale tofu while smoking a cigarette?😂

[mitsuyamaeda-sub]

Instead of reducing food production in order to reduce food waste, I think it would be better to utilize waste food for biomass power generation and fertilizer.

Then we can absorb carbon dioxide and nitrogen from the atmosphere through food production, so I think it will be a sustainable cycle.

[betsyolsson-mackowski]

BIOT looks really interesting when it is dry. I like the cracks in the final product. It is very rustic and natural looking & the cracks make it resemble a charred log from a fire.

[jnorth]

Wow! Such great stories! I have so much respect for those self-made inventors who don't just find opportunities to make some money, but they actually strive to make all our lives better and cleaner. Outstanding video. Thank you.

[montikore]

The folks converting vegetable waste to biogas are smart as hell. All that energy from just 10t of waste a day.

[MrFwu]

Yes using Biogas is more sustainable and it’s good for our environment but unfortunately, the labor costs and other associate cost is still too high

[chineseamericanpeter]

I like to add my two cents after watching this video. I have heard about the waste coming out of those huge pork farms. Can they pump those bio-waste out and run them into some kind of methane gas recovery system and turn into usable energy? Right now, it seems like nobody is doing anything about that!!

[afung]

Jose is pretty cool. I'm sure there are better usage with all that pumace, but anything from "waste" to usage, amazing. Especially when it reduces the usage of natural resources.

[markofthedevil]

Governments should be obligated to buy that waste fuel their society creates and find more effective means to use the fuel adequately for the people they govern

[purplepictures]

This World Wide Waste series I by far my favorite ❤😭

[needmoreramsay]

The Indian market food "recyclers" should harvest and sell the seeds. I constantly harvest seeds from my produce all year round. Easy to dry and store. Come spring, I don't spend a penny on buying seeds. Imagine if I turned THAT into a business !?!

[winnipegnick]

I wonder if Jose in Argentina would make a cement pad that would get hot and possibly dry the apple pumice a little quicker. Next step would be to get a few used solar panels and run fans to dry it even further.