Today we have installed 2 new press machines in the center of Bukavu city. Kivu Press, the biggest printer in Bukavu, owned by the African Missionaries, have decided to take over the fuel briquettes too and make a business out of this renewable energy project.

You might remember that Kivu Press already donates their waste paper to both the General Hospital and ICCN (Institute Congolaise pour la Conservation de la Nature) for their sawdust and paper fuel briquettes production.

Kivu Press is a successful printer that imports more than 100 tonnes of paper per year – 5% of that becomes waste, so it means a loads of paper to be recycled and used as a binder for the fuel briquettes.

You can see the training happening outside at the back