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Segregated waste, including recyclables, is either collected separately (in some areas)or by junk shop cooperatives/ eco–aides and brought to barangay/ city MRFs. TheMRF serves as a form of mini solid waste transfer or sorting station/ drop center,ideally having composting and recycling facilities. To date, there are 2,312 MRFsacross the country, as mandated by RA 9003, with others still in the process of beingset up by the majority of barangays.Figure 1. Current Flow of Recyclables CollectionMRFsRecyclables/CompostablesSource: <strong>Study</strong> on Recycling Industry Development in the Philippines, Board of Investments –Department of Trade and Industry, and Japan International Cooperation Agency, 2008.At present, many informal, community-based and private sector collection andrecycling projects also exist. The 2003 ADB <strong>Study</strong> surveyed existing community–based SWM activities in Metro Manila at that time. Its principal activities includedthe following: Recycling of non–biodegradable materials; Composting of bio–degradable materials; and Livelihood Projects;48
Table 4. Surveyed CBSWM Initiatives, 2003 DENR-ADB SWM Project 10Voluntary waste collection schemes help to fill in the collection gap bycapitalizing on the economic incentives to both waste generators and waste buyersand combining a business model with community livelihood projects. Many of theseschemes are launched by NGOs, often in partnership with LGUs, and intended notonly to recover recyclables but also to increase environmental awareness throughpublic participation and partnerships. The examples of these activities are as follows:3.2.1. For Household CollectionoHouseholds to Junk Shops occur through LGU collection schemes which usemobile MRFs (in the city of Makati), or eco–aides (i.e., former streetscavengers or cart–pushers/ cariton boys who have been organized andaccredited by barangays or by the Metro Manila Federation of MultipurposeCooperatives under the Linis Ganda Foundation to collect recyclablematerials. The Federation includes 17 individual member multipurposecooperatives representing the 17 local governments of Metro Manila; at least572 junk shops, 2,500 junk shop workers, 1200 eco- aides and 132 waste truckdrivers). 11 Outside Metro Manila, household collection is still most commonly10 Metro Manila Solid Waste Management Project, Department of Environment and NaturalResources/ Asian Development Bank, September 2003.11 The Garbage Book - Solid Waste Management in Metro Manila, Department of Environmentand Natural Resources and the Asian Development Bank, 200449
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