in one of the world's poorest countries.

Other team members were: Bethany Balmer of Tawa College, Wellington; Xinran Chen, St Cuthbert's College; Edvince Hermanoche, Westlake Boys' High School; Carissa Heunes, Long Bay College and Christina Mills, of Massey High School (all Auckland).

They came up with an idea to use leftover pizza, ham, chicken and beef sandwiches, fruit and a slice from their lunch and process it into granules.

The product would then be collected by a waste management company, put into 20kg loads and given to World Vision, which could pass it on to farmers for animal feed.

“There is nothing you cannot put in The Granulator,” Ms Groom said. “It reduces waste in New Zealand because less goes to landfill and what was once waste now has a purpose.”

The team selected Mozambique as a suitable country to receive the product because of political stability. They spoke to World Vision and Foodstuffs, which would retail the item at $200, about their idea.

Ms Bennett said their business plan included a marketing campaign outlining the key social goal of caring for the global environment.

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