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while at the same time providing livelihood opportunities for communities andNGOs who turn these into functional materials like shopping bags, folders andenvelopes. Examples of these tie ups are: Globe Telecommunications toBantay Kalikasan, SMART Communications and the Earth Day Network;Unilever Philippines and the Smoky Mountain Foundation, Cebu FurnitureIndustries with RIBA/ Recycling Initiative of Bais City (Negros Oriental);Ayala Corp and Shangri – la Hotels with the Gifts and Graces Foundation. Thelatter, for example, aims to “improve the quality of life of marginalizedmembers of society by providing product development and global marketaccess to livelihood communities under the Gifts and Graces brand.”Companies to companies: Since 1996, the PBE has been managing theIndustry Waste Exchange Program (IWEP), which operates as an InformationClearinghouse that matches waste generators and waste buyers, and promotesresource recovery through orientation sessions, company in–house seminars,Environmental exhibit/ trade fairs, case studies /publications, Waste Marketsand RCEs, and IWEP ads in its quarterly Business and EnvironmentMagazine. Manpower constraints make it difficult to track all possible wasteexchange referrals, or offer services beyond referrals and promotion.Nevertheless, there have been several documented case studies of successfulwaste exchanges also being implemented as a geographic – specific programby the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the Mindanao area,and the Eco-Industrial Exchange Network (Eco – Index) of industrial estatesin the Laguna- Batangas area (north of Manila).3.3. Recycling Technologies and FacilitiesUpon reaching the recycling facility, the recyclables are transformed intouseful raw materials or finished products through a variety of locally availabletechnologies. There are large recycling facilities for paper, plastics, used lead acidbatteries, scrap metals, electronics waste and glass. Cement plants also collect usedtires for use as substitute fuel for their kilns (i.e. co–processing). Smaller, communityrecycling that are less capital–intensive also occur for laminates (“doy” packs)recycling and spent ink and toner cartridges. The Department of Science andTechnology (DOST) – Industrial Technology Development Institute (ITDI) has56
helped to promote many of these technologies with help from the ADB. Otherresiduals are processed into non – load bearing concrete materials (e.g. hollow blocks,benches, perimeter walls, traffic barriers) – palingenesis, hydromex technologies. 17New business opportunities have resulted in more environment serviceproviders for the treatment of special and hazardous materials such as fluorescentlamps and bulbs and industrial waste like sludge and spent solvents. However, there isstill much room for expansion here, and treatment costs are not always within thereach of smaller companies, especially those in the regions outside of Metro Manila /Luzon where such facilities may be sparse or non–existent. Thus, the uptake for theseenvironment technologies needs to be hastened through information sharing, technicaland financial assistance, incentives and, most importantly, political will.A Recyclers’ Directory at the NSWMC website lists 56 recyclers as follows:Table 6. Recyclers Locations (based on NSWMC database) 18Type of RecyclablesPlastics(HDPE, LDPE, PP,PS, PET, HIPS,PVC, OthersPaper(newsprint, officepaper, other Whitegrades, corrugatedcartons, paperboxes)No. ofRecyclers 19Locations(in Luzon / aroundMetroManila)24 Valenzuela (14)Manila (2)Quezon City (2)CaloocanLagunaMandaluyongMuntinlupaParañaque14 Makati (2)Pasig (2)Quezon City (2)CaloocanCaviteLagunaMalabonMarikinaPampangaLocations(other thanMetroManila/ Luzon)CebuDavao17 www. denr.gov.ph; www.dost.gov.ph18 www.denr.gov.ph/nswmc.19 The PBE database lists 1 additional PET recycler in Pampanga, 2 additional electronicsrecyclers in Bulacan and Caloocan; and one additional tin can recycler.57
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