Filipinos may have found an answer to the rising cost of cooking fuel. The product, green charcoal is cheap, energy-efficient, safe to use and environment-friendly. This alternative to LPG frees users from the danger of explosion that usually results to death.

The green charcoal technology involves a process of converting wastes into green charcoal in the form of fire logs, pellets and briquettes. It opens a wide opportunity of organic cooking.

Green charcoal reduces indoor pollution and promotes healthy cooking. On the other hand, studies on LPG reveal frequent exposure to LPG/nitrogen dioxide induces respiratory problems by attacking the mucus membranes of the lungs, decreases brain activity and interferes with the flow of oxygen. LPG, studies also reveals, causes oxidation and unsaturated fatty acids and cell membranes to form highly active free radicals that alters protein structure.

Green charcoal reduces dependency on imported cooking fuel, thus save millions of dollar. It helps prevent forest destruction as it reduces use of wood charcoal. The long-term result of this technology is a sustainable, alternative and eco-friendly charcoal industry that generates jobs in the countryside.

Instead of the usual practice of burning forest waster, farmers now gather them, take them to a pick up station and exchange for cash.

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