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COSTARICANEWS
| Sunday 29 August 2010 |
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Chiquita
Launches
Innovative
Biodigester
in
Guapiles,
Costa
Rica
Chiquita
Brands
today
dedicated
its
innovative
Biodigester
system
at its
Mundimar
facility
in
Guapiles,
Costa
Rica.
Joined
by Costa
Rican
President
Laura
Chinchilla,
senior
vice
president
for
government
affairs
and
corporate
responsibility
officer
Manuel
Rodriguez
spoke
about
Chiquita's
newest
effort
to
promote
sustainable
operations
and
carbon
neutrality.
"Chiquita's
new
Biodigester
is at
the
forefront
of our
global
sustainability
efforts,"
said
Rodriguez.
"This
technology
enables
us to
harness
the full
energy
potential
of fruit
materials
that
previously
could
not be
captured.
It
provides
a
sustainable
energy
source
for our
facility,
nutrient
rich
fertilizer
for
local
farmers
and
filters
processing
water.
It
benefits
our
company,
our
communities
and our
planet.
The
Biodigester
is the
latest
demonstration
of
Chiquita's
global
citizenship
and our
drive to
incorporate
sustainability
into
everything
we do."
"For
Costa
Rica to
continue
being
the
environmental
leader
it has
become,
and to
strengthen
our
international
position
as
defendants
of the
environment,
we need
to work
in
alliance
with the
private
sector,
especially
with
companies
that
guarantee
clean
energy
and
environmentally
friendly
industrial
processes.
This is
why I
want to
congratulate
Chiquita
for this
new step
on the
right
direction,"
said
Costa
Rican
President
Chinchilla.
Biodigester
systems
convert
organic
material
into
electrical
and heat
energy
as well
as
produce
valuable
byproducts
such as
nutrient
rich
fertilizers.
Specifically,
Chiquita's
Biodigester
utilizes
excess
fruit
material
and
processing
water
from its
operations
to
produce
energy
that is
used by
its
Guapiles
facility
and
fertilizer
for use
by local
palm
producers
and
farmers.
The
unique
"gravity
utilizing"
design
of the
Biodigester
system
allows
for the
circulation
of
processing
water
without
using
electricity,
thereby
creating
a carbon
neutral
circulation
process.
When
commissioning
the
project,
Chiquita
insisted
that the
latest
sustainable
technologies
be
incorporated
to
ensure
an
optimal
environmental
impact
was
achieved.
The
Biodigester
was
designed
by
BioSinergia,
an
innovative
company
led by
two
graduates
of EARTH
University
who
devote
their
professional
practice
to the
construction
of
environmentally
sustainable
systems.
Since
the
early
1990s,
Chiquita
has been
a leader
and
pioneer
in
sustainable
development
and
corporate
social
responsibility
efforts
including
water
conservation,
reduced
plastic
use, and
biodiversity.
Moreover,
Chiquita
was one
of the
first
seven
companies
to join
in the
Costa
Rican
National
Climate
Change
Strategy
and has
been a
leader
in
developing
globally
recognized
labor
agreements
and
business
practices
that
incorporate
the core
conventions
of the
International
Labor
Organization. | |
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