Clark firms turn trash into cash
CLARK FREEPORT—More than 60 companies here earned a total of P541,388.50 by selling recyclable wastes in celebration of Earth Day recently.
Rogelio Magat, chief of the Clark Development Corp. (CDC) environmental permits department, said Metro Clark Waste Management Corp. bought 28,186 pieces of busted fluorescent lamps and bulbs worth P281,860.
Joechem Environmental Corp. collected 7,215 liters of used oil and television and computer monitors amounting to P43,412. Inkline Trading bought 681 pieces of empty ink cartridges and toners worth P11,856.
Oriental and Motolite Marketing Corp. and ABS-CBN Bantay Baterya gathered 866 pieces of used lead acid batteries worth P173,247, while Semirecycling Co. Inc. took in 6,217 kilograms of recyclables and electronic wastes for P31,015.50.
The companies sold the items in the 13th Recyclables Collection Event which the CDC, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and Environmental Practitioners Association have been holding annually.
Evangeline Tejada, vice president for CDC business development and enhancement group, said the agency has been
addressing issues on climate change through the creation of a climate change committee, phaseout of disposable plastics and polystyrene, promotion of ecobags, implementation of the green building code of Clark, installation of LED in all streetlights, vertical gardens, solar roofing of buildings and operation of a 22-megawatt solar power project which started in March.
Phoenix Semiconductor Philippines Corp. and Amertron Inc. donated used lead acid batteries to ABS-CBN Bantay Baterya program. Tonette Orejas, Inquirer Central Luzon
