bread machine

What if piles of rubbish could be converted into resources that informal settlements need, while at the same time conserving and protecting the environment? What if organic matter, plastic bags and even 'flying toilets' could be turned into energy to make hot water for washing, sterilize water for drinking and heat for cooking? The Community Cooker is a remarkable recycling project which turns rubbish into energy and has the potential to transform informal settlements into resource rich communities. It evolved from a determination to address the massive accumulation of rubbish in streets throughout Africa, while at the same time mitigating deforestation. What is the community cooker? The community cooker uses rubbish as a fuel for cooking, baking and boiling water. It has two complementary functions: 1. To burn rubbish thereby addressing the associated health, sanitation and esthetic issues of rubbish, especially in informal settlements. 2. To provide communities with an alternative source of fuel to charcoal for cooking meals and boiling water, thereby mitigating deforestation throughout Africa. It was designed for informal settlements, including slums, displaced persons camps and refugee camps, where a high number of low income people live on small plots of land. The community cooker is a simple machine, built on the premise that it needs to be able to be fixed and maintained using locally available materials by the members of the community. It represents a low tech ...