Born 1923 in Mauritius, George Chan studied chemical engineering in London on an army scholarship. He has been a pioneer in the field of sustainable recycling of waste and on agroecological systems. Chan developed the Integrated Farming and Waste Management System, which involves a sustainable cycle in which matter and energy circulate through different stages, dramatically increasing yields.
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