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| - These solar cookers are available in the U.S. through Haines Solar Cookers, but outside the U.S., the design is "open source". Roger's Rotary Club distributed 291 solar cookers in Nairobi in 2013 and found that, on average, solar cooking saved $9 a month in firewood costs. A new Rotary project, partnering with Washington D.C.-based Solar Household Energy, is facilitating the manufacture and sale of Haines Solar Cookers in stores in Nairobi by the Kenya-based NGO, NAREWAMA,
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| - These solar cookers are available in the U.S. through Haines Solar Cookers, but outside the U.S., the design is "open source". Roger's Rotary Club distributed 291 solar cookers in Nairobi in 2013 and found that, on average, solar cooking saved $9 a month in firewood costs. A new Rotary project, partnering with Washington D.C.-based Solar Household Energy, is facilitating the manufacture and sale of Haines Solar Cookers in stores in Nairobi by the Kenya-based NGO, NAREWAMA, The Haines reflector is made of MPET (metalized polyester) film bonded to 3mm of IXPE (cross-linked polyester) foam, with a white PET film backing. The reflective polyester will not oxidize, cannot be scratched off, and has a high melting point. Importantly, the new material is easy to recycle and is environmentally safe through the whole production and recycling process without pollution. In the U.S., this material is used to make high-end auto windshield sunshades that last more than 10 years.
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