Enhanced waste diversion facility launched in Biñan

PEPSICO Philippines, Evergreen Labs Philippines, and the City of Biñan launched the Enhanced Material Recovery Facility (MRF) at the Biñan Ecopark.

The facility forms part of the Loop Lokal project, a public-private partnership that seeks to transform the way communities collect, process, and reuse post-consumer plastic waste.

The enhanced MRF is aligned with the Extended Producer Responsibility Act, which requires companies to establish their own waste recovery schemes through partnerships with communities and local governments among others.

“This is what we mean when we talk about a market-based virtuous cycle,” Christopher A. Ilagan, Corporate Affairs Head for PepsiCo Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, and North Asia said in a statement.

“When waste has value, more people are incentivized to recover it. And when systems are in place to reliably transform plastic into high-quality secondary products, the cycle sustains itself.”

Evergreen Labs, together with PepsiCo Philippines, said it plans to open another pre-processing facility in 2025. — CAT