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BIO BAGS PLUS transforms banana tree trunk waste into sheets of vegetable paper, banana fiber paper bags and biodegradable crafts (bags, wallets and eco bags). The business is constantly developing in order to improve production techniques, perfecting the products that are launched on the market, as banana fiber is a resource with enormous potential, versatility and abundance on the island of São Tomé. Catalog available here
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Henos Martins
Business
"We have organizations interested in our product but we do not have the production capacity to respond to this demand and thus scale our business. At the moment, our products are the result of artisanal work done by me and my wife, inside our home in the hours available between our work and caring for our children"
Currently, the banana trunk is reused for pulp using a domestic processor, which produces 15kg of pulp per day (60 vegetable papers). This pulp is what allows banana fiber to be transformed into biodegradable vegetable paper, and consequently an infinite number of possibilities: Bags, cards, invitations, etc. - all alternatives to using paper.
Among interested organizations the product, there is a chocolate producer that is interested in all packaging being BIO BAGS PLUS, to be later exported to Japan.
“We also have an order from an hotel to make lamps out of banana fiber. However, we are unable to respond to these and other requests as we have completely artisanal production.”
Problem
With this machine, BIO BAGS PLUS would not only contribute to the empowerment and training of vulnerable women and young people with lower incomes in its community, but would also be an active part of a greener, more sustainable future that generates value for São Tomé. This machine will have a multiplier effect as the business wants to involve the community where it operates, so that production is local and impacts the families of local workers.
As such, we need a machine that helps you produce faster, more efficiently, and in greater quantities so that you can scale your business. “After a lot of research on the internet, we discovered the incredible Hollander Beater machine, which processes banana fiber into pulp. With this machine, we will be able to produce 90 kg per day, which will give 3600 vegetable papers (70cm x 40 cm). This would represent an increase in our production capacity of 600% (!!!), which will allow Bio Bags Plus to meet its demand and contribute solidly and consistently to an autonomous future for our community, by encouraging dignified and productive local work.
The cost of the machine at € 5.503 is unaffordable for us and the banks in São Tomé don't lend to small businesses like ours.”
The machine for processing banana fiber into pulp is valued at €3,533, plus €1,500 for transport from Cameroon to the island of São Tomé and finally to Henos' home
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Elisio Nunes
Business
After finishing his degree in Agronomy, Elísio Nunes began to think about how he could apply his knowledge to something that would be useful to the country. There were several ideas and among them was to produce an ecological charcoal using coconut shells as raw material."In 2016, when the idea started to be put down on paper, I didn't have the means," but that didn't stop him from using his savings to get started. In the backyard of his house, he began to build what is now his production center.ECOBLASA is a brand that prides itself on producing and selling 100% ecological charcoal made from coconut shells and organic waste, which aims to protect the environment by combating deforestation
Problem
"Charcoal is an essential commodity in our homes in São Tomé, even more so for those living in poverty" - it is estimated that 1 in 5 homes in the country use charcoal as their main fuel. To sustain the population's energy needs, São Tomé and Príncipe consumes 12,500 tonnes of charcoal a year, which corresponds to 50,000 trees felled annually. Deforestation as a result of the indiscriminate felling of trees for commercial charcoal production is damaging the environmental balance, contributing to the climate change increasingly felt on the island and jeopardizing the habitat of animal species. "Despite ECOBLASA's enormous potential to transform the production of highly polluting charcoal on the island of São Tomé into something 100% organic, I don't have the necessary tools to scale up my production." At the moment, Elísio uses a kiln he built himself, which only allows him to use coconut shells for carbonization in small quantities, producing just 2 tonnes of charcoal a month, which is much less than the demand he receives on a daily basis.
Solution
A semi-industrial kiln will make it possible to carbonise other types of agricultural waste (sugar cane straw, stone husks, elephant grass) which are abundant on the island of São Tomé but impossible to reuse with ECOBLASA's current machinery. Reusing agricultural waste other than coconut shells would allow ECOBLASA to scale up production to 5 tonnes of charcoal per month, but above all it would drastically reduce the unit cost of each bag of charcoal by 25%.
The industrial furnace with the capacity to carbonise this waste is valued at 4,527 euros, plus 4,500 euros for transport from the factory located in China to the port of São Tomé and Príncipe and from there to Ecoblasa's facilities.
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At the moment, ECOBLASA finds it difficult to compete with polluting traditional coal, since the selling price is the decisive factor for most of São Tomé's impoverished communities. By lowering the cost of production and, consequently, sales to the public by 25%, ECOBLASA's ecological charcoal would be accessible to a large part of the archipelago's 200,000 inhabitants, who would be able to use charcoal created from organic waste as an energy source in their homes instead of charcoal that has led to the felling of even more trees. "This kiln will make it possible to maximize carbonization and thus increase production on a large scale, reducing the price of the product and making ecological charcoal available to a large part of São Tomé's population."
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