Smile Waste Recycle the Present, Save the Future

In Benin, the national energy balance shows a predominance of wood energy, which represents nearly 90% of final energy consumption, leading to pressure on plant resources: the deforestation rate estimated at 50,000 ha/year in 2020 Faced with the strong demographic growth, agricultural expansion, the qualitative and quantitative increase in solid waste, in the cities of Benin in particular in N’dali in the North, it is urgent that the appropriate actions be undertaken with a view to waste recovery.
In order to enable precarious households in the city of N’dali to cook in good sanitary conditions and while respecting the environment, Smile Waste proposes to transform available agricultural and household waste into solid biofuels. Thanks to our solution, we are helping to protect the environment and ultimately to the cogeneration of clean energy for cooking. Internationally, our project leads to the achievement of 12 SDGs out of 17 adopted at the United Nations Summit.