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Sergio Cabello
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SergioCabello is an intern with TechnoServe.He was born and raised in Peru, and moved to the United States to attend the University of Virginia. He previously interned at the Peru Embassy in Washington, D.C.

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    Friday
    October 14
    2011

    Sergio Cabello

    Finding Value in Waste

    As the number one exporter of Brazil nuts, Bolivia cultivates approximately 20,000 tons a year. Only 0.8 percent of the Brazil nuts are exported with their shell; the rest are cracked and their nutshells are discarded as waste. But the founders of PelletBol, developed a method to compress the Brazil nutshells into pellets as a source of biofuel.

    Categories
    Health Care
    Tags
    nutrition, waste