African "Rubbish Cooker" - Good idea for a developing nation

It would never fly around here, say in homeless camps, because of the air pollution they probably put out.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22097780

Can you imagine the stink from burning all that plastic?

Wow, small world. I worked peripherally with the installation of one of these cookers during the construction of two schools.

The process is surprising simple. Oil recycled from cars and water is dripped on a steel plate super heated inside a furnace that creates the combustion process and fans the flames. Refuse is sorted so no combustibles go into the furnace, compostable materials are separated for composting, and other objects are laid out to dry before they are burned.

It requires a lot of cooperation but these things are earning awards and getting funded all over the continent.