A company on Monday said it will pursue a green charcoal alternative fuel program, through a thematic approach and with government and private sector support, that will create public awareness on the value of a managed environment as well as address the problems of pests and wastes.
Filipino inventor, Gonzalo Catan Jr., Mapecon Green Charcoal Philippines Inc. executive vice president, said the program was arrived at following results of research that the massive population of water lilies and mud in Laguna Lake and Pasig River can be converted into alternative fuel and vermicast (organic fertilizer) through the company’s patented Green Charcoal Technology.
The program, dubbed “Modern Indigenous Proven Solution’’ is embodied in a position paper presented to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in the past administration. It involves recycling of water lilies from Laguna Lake and Pasig River which may serve as a model in revitalizing and cleaning the lakes through organic vermicomporting using the Green Charcoal technology in consonance with Article 1, Section 2C of Republic Act 9003, the Solid Waste Management Law.
Green Charcoal Technology, Catan explained, converts biowaste into green charcoal in the form of pellets, fire log and briquette which is environment-friendly. It is an activated carbon produced from coconut shell, coal and other forest wastes using a converted Toyota Hi-Ace 4-K engine that runs a 100 percent green charcoal hydrogen fuel when extrudes and screen organic fertilizer at its plant in Alaminos, Laguna.
