Rice Waste to Green Wood to low cost homes implies local sustainable solution! :-)
Bisman Deu, a School student uses rice husks as a house building material. Her innovation was featured in Unicef's 2015 state of the world's children report.----------------
"... and, for every five tons of rice harvested, one ton of husk is produced. The cereal residue has little commercial value for farmers, but ..."
"... Mixing the waste with a resin and pressing the mixture into particleboards, she came up with what she calls “green wood”. ..."
"... the product is fungi- and mould-proof, making it a viable option for building houses. Deu also plans to use the material to build low-cost school furniture. “I think it could be a local, sustainable solution to some of the problems we see ..."
Refer http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/jan/04/rice-waste-green-wood-low-cost-homes-india .
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