Our Biogas Proyect

A great example of applied sustainability at Lapa Rios Ecolodge in the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica is the biogas project. This was the idea and initiative of one of our employees. We feed the leftovers from the kitchen to our pigs and their droppings produce biogas that we catch in a plastic structure (see picture with Juan above). We use this gas for cooking on the employee kitchen have reduced the use of propane gas by over 70%. Our goal is to go 100% biogas in the next weeks. Oh, and of course the pigs are very popular with the staff as we sell the meat to them at very low prices. You know that one of the favorite meals here is “chicharones”…