Feature: Tanzanian women save forests by turning plant waste into alternative charcoal

DAR ES SALAAM, March 18 (Xinhua) -- On a Saturday afternoon in Tanzania's port city of Dar es Salaam, a group of women were busy collecting and processing coconut shells, dried banana peels, and dried cassava stalks under a scorching sun.

They were recycling these kinds of garbage, turning them into alternative charcoal.