The collection centre is equipped with Ecozen’s latest solar cold room
Amazon Fresh recently opened a fruit and vegetable collection centre at Aasale Taluka, Wai, in Satara district of Maharashtra. The collection centre is set up to collect and distribute the products of the local fruit and vegetable farmers and is equipped with Ecozen’s latest solar cold room, the two metric tonne Ecofrost.
The new collection centre will enhance the market access of local fruit and vegetable farmers, by bringing them onto the Amazon buying platform. The Ecofrost solar cold room in turn will allow Amazon Fresh to pre-cool and store the products at the optimum temperature and relative humidity levels, effectively increasing its shelf life and reducing waste.
Since Ecofrost uses clean energy as its primary power source (can also be connected to a generator and power grid) and has over 30+ hours of battery-less back-up using proprietary thermal storage technology, it was a perfect choice for a cold room set-up for Amazon Fresh India under its sustainability initiative.
Present at the event was Nitin Kale, Deputy Director, Maharashtra State Agricultural Marketing Board (MSAMB), Rajesh Prasad, Head of Trade, Amazon Fresh, Ravindra Dolare, President Ecozen Solutions, Prashant Zende, Taluka Agriculture Officer, Wai, and many farmers.
