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New plant turns pineapple waste into biofertiliser

Del Monte truck collecting pineapples in the farms in Thika, July 2000. [File, Standard]

Agricultural firm Del Monte Kenya has launched a biofertiliser plant that will turn the company's pineapple residues into biofertilisers.

The plant will use residues from the company's pineapple cannery to create four different types of biofertilisers for its use and eventual sale to other growers in East Africa.

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