MANILA, Philippines - Here’s a new product created out of scrap paper: charcoal briquette. Briquette is a mixture of charcoal made from various materials molded in various sizes and shapes with the ...

HE'S known as the 'briquette man' of Ballymote. Not in the conventional sense – Frank Horan makes his own fuel from recycled newspapers. The retired Achonry National School teacher has been doing so ...

Two years ago, the Carrefour Feuilles (pronounced "kar-ah-fur fay") neighborhood was considered too dangerous for U.N. peacekeepers who were not protected by armored vehicles. And even today, a dozen ...

A Cross River State-based innovator, Mr Emmanuel Ntiti, is empowering Nigerians to make briquettes out of charcoal dust, solve fuel problem, reduce poverty, unemployment and tackle poor waste ...

If you have ever wondered about what happened to the old greasy notes you quietly deposited at the bank, here's the answer: they may be all around you, in exotic visiting cards and serving trays, in ...

LOS BAÑOS, Laguna, Philippines — After a hard day’s work, Glo asks for an additional “compensation” from families she works for as a live-out laundrywoman. The “bonus” that she requests is not much, ...

A committed environmental activist, Jocasta Tshomarelo Bobeng uses creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship to further her cause. In 2011, Bobeng started an environmental conservation project in ...

On a sweltering afternoon, Howard Van Dam drives around the capital in his Toyota pickup collecting old textbooks, worksheets and other paper from schools. Van Dam, a field coordinator with the ...