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Thursday, March 28, 2024

PH sardine canners prefer coal fuel source

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Industrial companies such as sardine canning factories in Zamboanga are pushing for the use of clean coal technology in food-manufacturing plants to keep the prices of commodities low.

“[Coal] is not only economical. It is also benefiting because they use coal to produce heat for the pressure to run the machineries and produce steam,” said Roberto Valerio, executive director of the Industrial Group of Zamboanga Inc.  

IGZI is an association of canning plants and other industrial companies in Zamboanga, the ‘Sardine Capital of the Philippines.’

“Now, where is the pollution aspect there? Very little because a plant, let’s say, operates in 2 shifts in 16 hours a day so the burning of coal is very minimal,” Valerio said.

The industry executive noted the difference between the environmental impact of coal-using food production plants against that of coal-fired power plants. 

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Valerio said coal use for food production was totally different and consumed at least “10 times lower” the amount used by power plants. 

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