‘Biosphere’ facility starts making energy pellets

Thursday, February 2, 2012

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – The Biosphere facility has started producing green energy pellets from residual waste, a city official said.

City Council’s committee on environment chairman Councilor Reden Halili made the announcement Wednesday.

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Biosphere is the gasification or waste to energy partnership of the City Government and Blue Steel Corporation.

Halili showed Mayor Oscar Rodriguez some pellets from the facility’s dry run last Monday.

“We observed the production of the green pellets during the dry run…We are hopeful that by March 1 this year, we will dump garbage there and not in Kalangitan,” Halili said.

He added that once all pieces of equipment of the Biosphere facility are put in place and it becomes operational next month, it can already generate electricity for the city and nearby towns.

Rodriguez welcomed the move and said the facility would be a big relief in solid waste management for the city and other municipalities.

The mayor also urged Fernandinos to help in proper waste disposal, as he made his rounds of barangays during the city-wide clean-up day.

“Let’s make cleanliness of our surroundings a daily habit. It will be our part in mitigating climate change as well as averting disasters. Let us all join in making a strong point and be part of the advocacy to make a difference,” said Rodriguez.