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volunteers on camp phoenix are turning

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shredded paper into briquettes called

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fuel doughnuts . The process starts by

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mixing shredded paper with water to

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create a pulpy mush . The mush is then

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scooped into a cylindrical form a press

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squeezes the water out and then the

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fuel doughnuts are set out to dry .

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Environmental Area manager Captain

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robert Small is heading up the project .

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We didn't want it to be a cost to the

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government or resources or things like

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that . So we come up with the idea that

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we would create them here on camp

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phoenix ourselves utilizing volunteer

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labor and scrap material . Volunteers

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like specialist Dustin Arnold don't

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mind giving up some of their free time .

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It seems like a pretty good cause . So

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plus you get to say you did something

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to change the world when you get home ,

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distribution of these doughnuts will

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provide afghans and economic and

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environmentally friendly heat source

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specialists . Ben Kennedy explains with

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the compacted the brick , it usually

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burns about 30 to 40 minutes to be more

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environment friendly as a doughnut than

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it would be too burnt material single

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week . Although the program is in its

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initial stage right now , Sergeant

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Angel Santos explains how it's already

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making an impact . The donuts eliminate

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this process right here instead of them

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coming in here and burning all the

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paper , we can actually hand it out to

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the afghan people and they can use that

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to their advantage instead of us just

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burning the paper in terms of

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sustainability . Fuel doughnuts are

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definitely a step in the right

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direction . Army Sergeant julie

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marshall kabul Afghanistan