A Vietnamese cocoa plant feeds 5,000 tons of empty fruit pods into a 1,400°F gasifier, and the waste now dries the next batch of cocoa beans in seven days instead of 15

Vietnamese cocoa processor Trong Duc Cocoa Co. Ltd. is addressing a unique issue annually. Approximately 5,000 tons of empty cocoa pods remain after harvesting and processing raw cocoa fruit. Most of each cocoa fruit does not become chocolate. Instead, it becomes waste that must be managed or disposed of. Those massive mounds of waste may ... Read more