Despite the environmental laws prohibiting the improper disposal of rice straws, such as the Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 (Republic Act 9003) and the Clean Air Act of 1999 (Republic Act 8749), 70 percent of rice farmers burn rice straws, a Philippine Rice Research Institute report in 2016 states.
Despite the environmental laws prohibiting the improper disposal of rice straws, such as the Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 and the Clean Air Act of 1999 , 70 percent of rice farmers burn rice straws, a Philippine Rice Research Institute report in 2016 states.
The training focused on the technical know-how in converting and utilizing rice straw and other agricultural waste as clean energy, replacing fossil fuels. Atty. Eric Reynoso, Searca’s EIGD program head, gave an overview of the Rice Straw Biogas Hub initiative, explaining Searca’s role in analyzing the GHG emissions of the rice value chain from preplanting to marketing and creating an enabling environment that will improve rice straw management.Dr. Victor Luis Jr., a biogas energy expert, discussed the conversion of rice straw into renewable energy resources anaerobically, or without oxygen.
Unlike common digesters that need animal manure , Subprom can run up to two months with hyacinth and rice straw as sole feedstocks—an impressive innovation, especially for households that own less than three swine. or even none. Muntinlupa City’s circular economy includes using kitchen, market and sometimes industrial and agricultural wastes for the consumption of animals, and as feedstock to the portable digester.
Engr. David Herrera, senior engineer in the Environmental and Biotechnology Division of the DOST-ITDI, presented the design and capacity of the agency’s fabricated digester.
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