All,
Many thanks for the all of the generous suggestions regarding orange peels. We'll compile them and put them on the websites while we determine what is most suitable for the particular application in Southern Africa. I have to admit that when I last looked at a pile of orange peels (in Brazil) I wasn't thinking of how they could be used. It certainly looks like at sufficient scale the limonene may be worth recovering. At smaller scales management (rotting) or use (briquetting, drying, charring) of the peel also seems to have potential. Pigs and chickens would also probably recycle the peel, or make enough of a mess to be incorporated in compost or soil. Feeding to birds with char is not high on my list unless there is a health benefit. Usually the object is to increase weight gain my increasing intake rather than reduce intake with a low density material like char. Regards, Tom
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