EnKindle: A heater-digester duo that employs organic kitchen waste to generate domestically usable biogas.

Abstract

Fairly large gaps exist in the waste management practices prevalent in Pakistan, which is alarming, considering the fact that waste generation is predicted to increase in a multipliable fashion through the coming years. Much of the discard that can be put to use, most of which is organic, ends up unused and rotten. Research shows that the most efficient solution is putting this organic matter to use through a facility as soon after production as possibleproposedly the house itself. Targeting homeowners as users, the said facility incentivizes waste sorting and recycling through providing useful fuel. The solution is a convertible stove/heating unit that converts kitchen waste to biogas and/or fertilizer, that not only helps in reducing waste quantities but also provides a backup and cheaper solution to currently prevalentgas-shortage issues.