Eccolizer

Eccolizer received 2nd place in 2013 Richard Heinberg Sustainable Prizes, sponsored by the Foundation for a Sustainable Future.

Eccolizer worked to solve the food crisis in Bangladesh by providing low-cost bio-fertilizer prepared from sugarcane bagasse, which is normally considered a wastage and thrown away. “We have supplied our organic [product] to more than 10 districts (out of a total 64 districts of Bangladesh), serving around 500 farmers who have cultivated various types of crops and vegetables,” says co-founder Md. Shahidul Islam.

They are no longer operating.

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