Modern brick production mode hailed

Brick kilns were seen as severe additives to pollution, especially during the winter season


APP April 17, 2023

LAHORE:

With smog engulfing most parts of Punjab province every winter, the authorities have embarked on multiple initiatives, including the latest techniques in the brick kiln industry to reduce air pollution. Besides industrial, vehicular and domestic pollution, the brick kilns were seen as severe additives to pollution, especially during the winter season.

Therefore, zigzag technology initiative has been taken to protect climate, transform traditional brick sector, improve efficiency and reduce costs of the bricks. The traditional brick production consisted of hand-made bricks, baked in Fixed Chimney Bull’s Trench Kilns (FCBTK), a widely used brick firing technology in South Asia. This is commonly ranked as the most contaminating techniques for brick production, resulting in adverse environmental effects including air pollution, climate change, cardio-respiratory diseases, land use impacts and deforestation.

Introducing zigzag technology as modern-day, environment-friendly technique is a step forward by the Punjab government to convert traditional brick-kilns to an efficient technology. “Conversion of brick kilns to zigzag technology would definitely curtail air pollution,” said an official.

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