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Wide of Charcoal market 2. Close of logs3. Close of charcoal4. Mid of charcoal5. Wide of smoking landfill site 'Koshe' in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia6. Wide of truck and donkeys at landfill site7. Mid of logs to be used for fuel8. Pan  of...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e1. Wide of Charcoal market \u003cbr/\u003e2. Close of logs\u003cbr/\u003e3. Close of charcoal\u003cbr/\u003e4. Mid of charcoal\u003cbr/\u003e5. Wide of smoking landfill site 'Koshe' in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide of truck and donkeys at landfill site\u003cbr/\u003e7. Mid of logs to be used for fuel\u003cbr/\u003e8. Pan  of landfill site\u003cbr/\u003e9. Various of landfill site\u003cbr/\u003e10. Mid of Solomon Haile Mariam, Founder Solomon Waste Management Centre\u003cbr/\u003e11. Close of  furnace\u003cbr/\u003e12. Close of organic waste after furnace processing\u003cbr/\u003e13. Close of  animal bones\u003cbr/\u003e14. Mid of furnace\u003cbr/\u003e15. Close of furnace's cylinders\u003cbr/\u003e16. Close of orange on left and orange after furnace processing\u003cbr/\u003e17. Close of ground charcoal\u003cbr/\u003e18. Mid of Solomon Haile Mariam displaying mini version of compactor \u003cbr/\u003e19. Close of compactor\u003cbr/\u003e20. Close of compacted charcoal\u003cbr/\u003e21. Close of box of charcoal and briquette\u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE (Amharic) Solomon Haile Mariam, Founder Solomon Waste Management Centre\u003cbr/\u003e\"We're already noticing the difference in people since the start of this pilot-project. The community and society as a whole is healthier. If we don't cut the trees down the air will be cleaner and we will all be healthier. There will be less monoxide and so people will be in better health. We will create a cleaner Addis and country as a whole.\" \u003cbr/\u003e23. Pan of Solomon's new site\u003cbr/\u003e24. Mid of Solomon at new site\u003cbr/\u003e25. Mid of small structure at new site\u003cbr/\u003e26. Mid of Solomon and colleague at new site\u003cbr/\u003e27. Wide of Nefas Silk Lafto Sub-City Administration Office (local government)\u003cbr/\u003e28. Close up sign Nefas Silk Lafto Sub-City Administration Office\u003cbr/\u003e29. Mid of Tsegay Ghebremariam, Environment Protection Chief, Nefas Silk Lafto Sub-City Administration Office\u003cbr/\u003e30. Close of document proposal\u003cbr/\u003e31. SOUNDBITE (Amharic) Tsegay Ghebremariam, Environment Protection Chief, Nefas Silk Lafto Sub-City Administration Office (Local Government):\u003cbr/\u003e\"Once the project really starts, Addis Ababa will become cleaner and society as a whole will be healthier. People who are poor are cutting down trees to make charcoal and to sell as fuel for money. With this project, all our rubbish will become a resource - so instead of cutting down trees, people can sell their waste to make money. We hope that by exchanging their waste for money, people will be deterred from cutting down trees.\"\u003cbr/\u003e32. Wide of river littered with rubbish\u003cbr/\u003e33. Mid of river\u003cbr/\u003e34. Pan of polluted river water joining another river\u003cbr/\u003e35. Mid of polluted water\u003cbr/\u003e36. Mid of polluted riverside\u003cbr/\u003e37. Mid of Azeb Girma, Environmental expert at desk\u003cbr/\u003e38. Close of documents\u003cbr/\u003e39. SOUNDBITE (Amharic) Azeb Girma, Environmental expert:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Solomon's efforts are exemplary. He wants to collect all the waste that we usually throw away in the bins, on the streets, in to the rivers and he wants to transform it in to a useful product such as fuel. Right now, fuel is a scarce commodity here and so he's making a great contribution to the country. Even if it looks like it's a small effort right now - it's a lesson for everyone to show how a single person can potentially make a huge difference to the environment.\" \u003cbr/\u003e40. Wide of man collecting rubbish\u003cbr/\u003e41. Mid of rubbish collection bin \u003cbr/\u003e42. Mid of rubbish pushed out of collection bin \u003cbr/\u003e43. Close of rubbish\u003cbr/\u003e44. SOUNDBITE (Amharic) Solomon Haile Mariam, Founder Solomon Waste Management Centre:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Everyone has a dream, and I am now realising my dream. But I have more plans for the future. Once I have expanded my project to the whole of Addis, I will move on to other cities in Ethiopia and after that, if I am still healthy and alive, I will share my idea with the whole of Africa.\"\u003cbr/\u003e45. Various of landfill site\u003cbr/\u003e46. Pan up of rubbish on ground\u003cbr/\u003eIs waste really waste?\u003cbr/\u003eThat's the question one forward-thinking Ethiopian is challenging.\u003cbr/\u003eSolomon Haile Mariam is an entrepreneur on a mission to preserve the environment.\u003cbr/\u003eHe's pioneered a project to transform rubbish into an alternative fuel, which he claims will help reduce pollution levels while reducing the capital's colossal landfill sites.\u003cbr/\u003eEthiopia is one of the poorest counties in the world situated on the northern horn of Africa (Source: United Nations )\u003cbr/\u003ePoverty and environmental degradation are closely intertwined in Ethiopia, but one man is on a mission to teach people how to preserve the environment.\u003cbr/\u003eClimate change and preserving the environment are at the bottom of most poor Ethiopians' priority list.\u003cbr/\u003eAs a result, giant landfill sites continue to pile up along roads near the capital.\u003cbr/\u003eSome 1,500 m3 of waste is produced in Addis Ababa every day from the more than seven million inhabitants (Source -Sub-City Administration Office, Local Government)\u003cbr/\u003eIt's not only polluting the environment but damaging local communities' health.\u003cbr/\u003eIn addition, it's estimated that only 15% of the waste is recycled (Source -Sub-City Administration Office, Local Government)\u003cbr/\u003eBut thanks to Solomon Haile Mariam, whose motto is: \"all waste can be reutilised\", everything is about to change.\u003cbr/\u003eSolomon has pioneered an alternative fuel using waste rubbish.\u003cbr/\u003eHe hopes his new project will offer Ethiopians a financial incentive to recycle.\u003cbr/\u003eEthiopia has a long dependence on charcoal as its main source of energy.\u003cbr/\u003eBut over cultivation has contributed to the depilation of Ethiopia's trees.\u003cbr/\u003ePoor communities would traditionally cut down trees to make charcoal to sell at market.\u003cbr/\u003eTsegay Ghebremariam, the Environment Protection Chief, says Solomon's new project will allow Ethiopians to recycle waste and use it as an alternative fuel.\u003cbr/\u003eSolomon aims to teach Ethiopians to no longer look at waste as waste, but instead as a resource and a way to improve their lives both economically and environmentally.\u003cbr/\u003eSolomon says if people stop cutting down trees the air will be cleaner and communities healthier.\u003cbr/\u003eThe former carpenter has devised a plan to buy and collect solid organic waste from households in Addis Ababa and convert it in to what he calls 'smokeless' charcoal. \u003cbr/\u003eEverything from wood, paper, food and bones can be gathered, separated and then put in to the furnace's inner cylinder. \u003cbr/\u003eThe air around the cylinder is heated up turning rubbish into charcoal. \u003cbr/\u003eOnce the waste has been transformed it will be crushed in to a powder using a special 'compactor' machine.\u003cbr/\u003eSolomon's machine is only a miniature version of the real thing but he hopes to develop a full scale version. \u003cbr/\u003eThe Federal Environment Protection Authority saw the potential in Solomon's scheme and gave him a 2,000 m2 plot of land which will house a 120 sq m, size furnace. \u003cbr/\u003eSolomon says the project has already been a success.\u003cbr/\u003eGhebremariam hopes that by exchanging waste for money, people will be deterred from cutting down trees.\u003cbr/\u003eSolomon claims his methods will get rid of the moisture in the charcoal and therefore prevent the release of carbon monoxide when the charcoals burnt. \u003cbr/\u003eHe has already patented his idea and has won a Green Award from the government. \u003cbr/\u003eAzeb Girma, Environmental expert says fuel is a scarce commodity in ethiopia and salmons scheme is a great contribution to the country. \u003cbr/\u003eSolomon is  also contributing to millennium Development Goal' Number 7:to ensure environmental sustainability and he's proud.\u003cbr/\u003eHe plans 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