This news article was originally written in Spanish. It has been automatically translated for your convenience. Reasonable efforts have been made to provide an accurate translation, however, no automated translation is perfect nor is it intended to replace a human translator. The original article in Spanish can be viewed at Citrosol Vertido Cero desarrolla un sistema que mejora los tratamientos cítricos
Citrosol landfill zero develops a system that improves the citrus treatments
08/10/2010
October 8, 2010
The Valencian company Citrosol at Fruit Attraction presents a novel system of treatment for citrus postharvest allowing fruit and vegetable enterprises to improve their production, reduce costs and be more respectful with the environment. Through internal r & d activities, the company has developed a regenerative system for drenchers and rafts through which the water and the fungicides used to treat the fruit after harvesting are reused continually avoiding the need to change the stock. In this way are achieved significant savings in plant protection products and it solves the problem of discharges as well as the properties of the wines of treatment remain unchanged.
So far the treatment of the fruit was performed through the use of water and fungicides, using the same stock of treatment for 50 or more tons of fruit, which generated a progressive decline of the properties of the stock of treatment to its subsequent disposal. The wines should be replaced because as a result of dirt to accumulate lost its effectiveness in the treatment of the different physiopathology of the fruits. This was implied a surcharge and an environmental problem with dumping system zero is resolved.
The zero discharge system consists of a circuit of reuse of water and the constant application of fungicide to control its concentration and keep stable the hygienic properties of water necessary to prevent the deterioration of the fruit. For Benito Orihuel, general director of Citrosol, and one of those responsible for the development of the disposal system zero, "we have developed this system that we think will be the standard system of the future." "The company has made a significant investment in r & d but we sure bet that our goal is to reach a large percentage of the market with a system that is innovative, respectful with the environment and also means savings for businesses and an improvement in the quality and performance of their products."
