- The Race for Water Foundation presented to Palawan stakeholders their technology that converts plastic wastes into energy in a bid to gain support in the locality that will pave the way for the establishment of similar facility here in Puerto Princesa and significantly reduce plastic pollution in the environment.
Biogreen 300 is a plastic waste-to-energy technology created by the French company known as ETIA.
On Tuesday, September 24, 2019, the Race for Water Foundation conducted the Plastic Waste-to-Energy workshop aboard Race for Water.
The activity was also participated by the provincial government of Palawan, city government of Puerto Princesa, and other invited LGUs, and government agencies.
Participants of the workshop from the provincial and city government confirmed that the prime movers of the Race for Water Foundation told them that they wanted Puerto Princesa as among the pilot area for the Plastic Waste to Energy Project.
The Race for Water Foundation, which has been crisscrossing the oceans since April 2017 on its five-year worldwide odyssey, campaigning to save oceans from plastic pollution. The foundation has three existing study in Peru, Easter Island, and Dominican Republic for the plastic waste to energy project.
Race for Water Foundation said that its newest prospective pilot site is the locality of Bora Bora, a small island in South Pacific northwest of Tahiti in French Polynesia. The mayor of Bora Bora, Gaston Tong Sang attended the plastic waste to energy workshop
The Biogreen technology involves pyrolysis, which is a high-temperature thermochemical conversion in the absence of oxygen.
The process started with the waste such as plastic, waste tires, and other plastic waste materials undergo mechanical treatment which is the preparation of material for pyrolysis application.
The plastic waste materials, then in the form of pellet/ granules, are processed into syngas, and finally the syngas into electricity and heat.
The generated electricity and heat can be used for off-grid and on-grid application.
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