Indonesia E-Idea winner putting waste to good use
19th September 2011 by JChowdhury
Arif Nugroho, an E-idea winner from Indonesia, runs a company that converts discarded coconut husks into 100% biodegradable netting that is used to prevent erosion and as a medium for growing plants in former mining sites under reclamation. Arif’s clients include multinationals such as Chevron and Total and his project employs 100 female workers, reduces waste and mitigates the ecological damage caused by resource extraction. View the LRQA Business Assurance/British Council E-Idea Competition website for more information.