More Coconut Recycling / Mais Reciclagem de Coco
Thursday, March 1st, 2007In “Recycling Coconuts” Parts I and II, I mentioned that a number of Brazilian municipalities and states were looking at the experiences of Rio de Janeiro and Fortaleza (Ceará) in recycling green coconut husks — most of them collected after people sipped agua de coco from the coconuts — to make useful products (plant pots, […]
Recycling Coconuts II: Need Anything Be Wasted?
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006In Part I I looked at how some projects have sprung up in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to convert those “empty” coconut husks discarded after agua de coco is served or bottled/packaged into useful products, such as flower pots, plant basket liners or “growing walls.” But the market potential for such products may […]