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Kenya 的企业和社区团体正在将废弃的棉花秸秆、轧棉废料和纺织边角料转化为生物质炭块、家用纺织品和床垫填充物。这一新兴产业有望为农民和女性主导的企业创造新的收入来源。\n\n多年来，Peterson Mwadau 一直认为棉花收获后留下的秸秆和其他植物残渣不过是个令人头疼的清理难题。\n\nMwadau 在 Kenya 沿海的 Kilifi County 种植了 18 英亩棉花。农作物采摘完毕后，田里会残留大量的植物材料。如今，他不再将这些残渣全部焚烧或丢弃，而是将其中一部分出售给当地企业。\n\n“我种植了 18 英亩棉花，因此收获后会产生大量废料，”Mwadau 表示。“把它们卖给当地的小公司，能为我的家庭带来立竿见影的额外收入。”\n\n关注我们的 WhatsApp | LinkedIn，获取最新头条新闻。\n\n收购商购买这些残渣，并供应给将农业生物质转化为木炭块的企业。随后，这些炭块会被出售给酒店、学校和其他机构用于烹饪。\n\nMwadau 的经历反映出 Kenya 各棉花种植县正迎来新兴的经济机遇。棉花秸秆、轧棉废料和工厂边角料——这些以往经常被焚烧、倾倒或丢入市政垃圾流的材料——如今开始供应给小型社区企业和成熟的制造厂商。\n\n然而，不应将这些材料一律视为单一形式的“棉花废料”。棉花秸秆和其他农作物残渣是在采摘后留在农田里的；轧棉废料和短纤维是在轧棉厂清洗和分离棉花时产生的；而纱线废料和面料边角料则来自纺纱厂、织布厂和服装厂。

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Kenyan businesses and community groups are turning discarded cotton stalks, gin waste and textile offcuts into briquettes, household textiles and mattress filling. The emerging industry could create new income for farmers and women-led enterprises.

For years, Peterson Mwadau regarded the stalks and other plant residue left after his cotton harvest as little more than a disposal problem.

Mwadau grows cotton on 18 acres in Kilifi County on Kenya’s coast. Once the crop has been picked, a considerable amount of plant material remains in his fields. Now, instead of burning or discarding all of it, he sells some of the residue to local businesses.

“I plant cotton on 18 acres, so a lot of waste is produced after harvest,” Mwadau said. “Selling it to small local companies brings immediate extra income into my household.”

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Collectors buy the residue and supply enterprises that convert agricultural biomass into charcoal briquettes. The briquettes are then sold to hotels, schools and other institutions for cooking.

Mwadau’s experience points to an emerging economic opportunity across Kenya’s cotton-growing counties. Cotton stalks, gin trash and factory offcuts - materials that were frequently burned, dumped or sent into municipal waste streams - are beginning to supply small community enterprises and established manufacturers.

These materials should not, however, be treated as a single form of “cotton waste”. Cotton stalks and other crop residue remain on farms after harvesting. Gin trash and short fibres are produced when cotton is cleaned and separated at ginneries. Yarn sweepings and fabric offcuts come from spinning, weaving and clothing factories.

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