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This article highlights our strong environmental credentials and
underpins our pride in our innovative and highly practical
technology.
ACTS was approached in 2006 by representatives of the United
Nations and Department of Ozone and heritage (Australia) to
develop an environmentally safe technology for heat treating
timber and other products for phyto-sanitary control.
Phyto-sanitary control basically involves killing insects and
pathogens that may be contained by products being shipped from
one country or region to another. That is, to avoid some of the
catastrophic results we have had in the past from introduced
pests and hazards into new environments.
Where industrial scale does not allow for large, high capital
cost, carbon-dioxide belching gas kilns to “heat treat” products
as a means of killing insects and pathogens, the established
process is to treat timber and other products with nasty
ozone-depleting methyl bromide gas in a way that trades off one
environmental problem for another. Methyl bromide gas is
dangerous to humans and even more dangerous to the environment
as one of man’s worst ozone-depleting gas inventions.
ACTS has developed the ideal solution; a low cost, solar-heated
fully sustainable low energy heat-treatment kiln based on the
innovative practical design of our full-specification kiln
units. The first prototype unit, purchased by the department of
ozone and environment Fiji was trialed in Fiji in May 2007.
Using a single inner layer of plastic bubble wrap black outer
cover, an outer clear layer and our patented control airflow
system, the plastic covers serve as cladding, absorber and a
method of capturing and distributing heat to the process. Simple
in nature, this system is expected to create a revolution and
make a large impact on the use of methyl bromide gas especially
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The Fijian nation intends to use our technology
for treatment of pallets, packaging and wood carvings for
export. Meetings with leading UNEP (United Nations Environment
Program) officials in Fiji indicate a high degree of excitement
about the world potential of this product. Results of first
trial are encouraging and hybrid and other new features will be
tested during August 2007. Austrade export development funding
will continue to assist us to continue to “deliver” on this
exciting development. Progress reports have been
delivered by Dr Jonathan Banks at a recent world forum in
Nairobi so that our contribution to the environment is quickly
becoming known to leaders of the world industry who are now
familiar with our product and brands.
Official Opening: solar Heat Treat Kiln.
Fijian Minister of Environment and United Nations Environment
Program officially opening our first Fijian prototype HT kiln
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