Energy from Waste

Trash-based Village

A landfill in Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, turns garbage into energy. A new township now enjoys water, gas and and electricity for free.

In the past year, Yusran has had more money in his pocket. The 27-year-old sanitation worker no longer buys kerosene, and neither does he pay for electricity. He gets all the energy he needs from the Puuwatu landfill 600 meters from his home in Kendari, capital of Southeast Sulawesi. "I just

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