Syrians turn to olive waste for innovative fuel alternative
23 October 2021 |
4:29 pm
Syrians use olive waste to create 'birin', a biomass fuel to be used to heat homes during the winter as an alternative to diesel, which few families can now afford in Syria's Idlib province.
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