Butuan City gov't enters agreement with Belgian
Company for biofuels, bioreactors
BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 9 (PIA) -- The local
government of Butuan City has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU)
with a Belgian company for banana grass for biofuels and bioreactor for
solidwaste management.
Butuan City Mayor Ferdinand M. Amante, Jr.
signed the MOU with ANDINAX, a Belgian company based in Brecht, Belgium,
witnessed by department heads, at the City Mayor's Office.
Under the MOU, the Butuan City government agrees
and aims to cultivate its vast agricultural land area for agro-forestry
development in order to attain optimum use of resources without compromising
environmental protection and preservation.
ANDINAX, on the other hand, agrees to find
financial resources, search for buyers for all end products, and make available
its expertise to best assist the BCG in the project implementation.
In a short discussion with the media after the
MOU Signing, Mayor Amante said that once implemented, the project will open new
jobs to the locals, provides means to properly segregate the waste in the city
and further boost the local economy.
ANDINAX is engaged in power generation with the
use of dedicated biomass crop, bana grass and solid waste. (Butuan City
CMO-PIO/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
