Environmental protection is now a top priority of society. Rice husk is considered an agricultural waste discharged from rice mills. It seems useless for most, but Vinastar Company, located in Village 5, Thanh Duc commune, Ben Luc district, Long An province, fully utilises this husk to make briquettes which serve as an alternative to firewood, coal, gas or oil. The paddy husk briquettes help reduce environmental pollution, reduce costs, and enhance competitiveness of users.
Vinastar’s rice husk briquette is a kind of renewable energy only known by consumers and businesses in recent years because it is economically convincing. It not only minimises costs but also restricts the use of limited fossil fuels (coal, diesel oil, fuel oil, etc.) and increases the life span of burning equipment, furnaces and dryers in industrial parks. At present, the company is supplying the product for both domestic and foreign markets. A Taiwanese customer has recently ordered 10 containers of paddy husk briquettes. The company continues to actively expand to new markets because most foreign customers love this product for CO2-free emissions and less impact on the environment. Hence, many companies have shifted to using rice husk briquettes, and its ashes can be sold to farmers to fertilise arable soil.
High input prices amid low selling prices force the company to seek appropriate solutions to address, to promote exports and renovate technology to raise product quality.
Rice husk briquette production is now the most practical direction to resolve excess husks that threaten to environmental pollution, especially at the harvest time in the Mekong Delta province in particular and in the country in general. Vinastar’s business creates jobs for local workers and brings economic benefits from waste deemed to be useless.
Along with its high determination and joint efforts for a greener, cleaner and nicer environment, Vinastar hopes authorities at all levels will facilitate the company in dealing with difficulties to make environment-friendly products in a sustainable way.
Viet Thanh
Đăng ký: VietNam News