Turning tofu waste into natural gas is helping to clean rivers in Indonesia

The runoff from tofu factories pollutes rivers and kills fish.
Over the last 40 years, Indonesia has built almost 50,000 biogas plants to convert tofu wastewater. 
We visited Sumedang to see how communities are producing cooking fuel from the waste of this popular food.

The wastewater from tofu production makes rivers smelly and kills fish. Can this popular Indonesian food be a sustainable source of cooking fuel?

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