The team, which consists of Year 13 boys Daniel Ruddle, Broady Taylor, Cameron Dodd and Liam Elliott, spoke to an enthusiastic staffroom about their business, vision and how the bricks were made, and were applauded for their fantastic efforts.
The bricks have been created from recycled paper from the school, which is then crushed and, along with two fire starters, molded into bricks. The bricks take about 30 minutes to burn and help log burners to heat homes for longer, cheaper and more efficiently.
Earlier this month, the boys took their business idea to "The Pitch" in Timaru, a Dragon's Den-type competition for secondary school Young Enterprise teams, where they competed against six other teams from Roncalli College and Mountainview High School. They took out first place, winning $200 towards their business.
The boys have designed the business to be sustainable so when they leave at the end of the year, the next Young Enterprise team will be able to take over and use the fire bricks as a fundraiser for their own project.
The bricks can be purchased/ordered from the School office for $5 for a set of 6.
More photos of the launch can be found here.
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