How houses in this Ecuador eco village will be made with repurposed cacao waste


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The "Cacao Eco Village" in Pedernales, Ecuador, is expected to be built this year. Photo: AFP

A "Silicon Valley for circular economy innovators" is how a future eco village located in Ecuador is being billed. Here, the houses will be made using 3D-printed cacao waste.

Waste from cocoa farming will be used to help create the "Cacao Eco Village", located in the city of Pedernales in northwestern Ecuador, more than 200km from the capital, Quito.

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