Dowa Eco-System to Start Eco Friendly Soil Treatment Business

Dowa Holdings’ recycling subsidiary, Dowa Eco-System starts eco friendly soil remediation business in fiscal 2011 starting April 2011. The firm appeals the method with lower carbon dioxide emission and lower impacts on ecosystem when the competition gets severer in the market.

The users selected soil treatment service providers in cost, treatment period and technology. However, the providers cannot distinguish themselves in the factors recently. They try to appeal the merit in environmental impacts, energy consumption and emissions.

Dowa Eco-System offers method with zero emission of CO2 by utilizing Clean Development Mechanism. The firm creates around 60,000 tonnes per year of CDM based emission credit through methane collection business at pig firm in Philippines. The firm uses the credit for the users of soil treatment business.

The firm tries to reduce carbon emission in the transportation by improving transportation efficiency of metal ingot, recycling materials and electronic materials in Dowa group and by modal shift. The firm tries to expand the business by offering eco friendly solutions.