Let's Collect Bottle to End This Battle
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There shall be established a Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in every barangay or cluster of barangays. The facility shall be established in a barangay-owned or leased land or any suitable open space to be determined by the barangay through its Sanggunian. For this purpose, the barangay or cluster of barangays shall allocate a certain parcel of land for the MRF. The determination of site and actual establishment of the facility shall likewise be subject to the guidelines and criteria set pursuant to this Act.
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Dirty MRFs accept recyclable materials combined with municipal solid waste. To separate the recyclables from the waste, the facilities use a combination of manual and machine-based sorting. The recyclable materials then undergo processing to meet industry quality standards. According to Waste 360, a large dirty MRF can process more than 700 tons of materials per day. Although they are able to process very high volumes of materials, a large percentage of the processed materials, especially cardboard and paper, are not recyclable due to material contamination.
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Clean MRFs accept recyclable materials from residential and commercial businesses that are already separated from solid waste. In most cases, Clean MRFs process single-stream recyclables, which is the most common recycling method where all materials (paper, plastics, metals, glass, and cardboard) are collected together in one recycling dumpster. Single-stream materials get sorted by specification and then they are processed and prepared for the end buyer. Clean MRFs recycle more materials than dirty MRFs, but the final number of materials that end up being recycled is still low due to contamination issues that arise from 'commingling' the materials in one dumpster.
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As a residence of Cabanatuan City, our group observed that, plastic bottles are stacked in MRF for a long period of time and to be efficient in recycling process, we make an advocacy about environmental protection with the project entitled " Let's collect bottle to end this bottle". Let's collect bottle to end this battle is a project for every barangay here in Cabanatuan city. It aims to lessen the plastic bottle and also plastic wrappers that can cause pollution and make a valuable things out of it.
PURPOSE:
•The main purpose of it is to lessen the plastic wrappers and plastic bottles in every barangay of Cabanatuan City and make a valuable things such as chairs, Christmas lanterns, pencil holder, piggy bank, etc .
OBJECTIVES:
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Collect plastic bottles and plastic wrappers
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Recycle plastic bottles and plastic wrappers every Saturday.
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DESCRIPTION:
•The project needs volunteer to collect plastic bottles and wrappers and work for it.
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•The process on making this project will be happening every Saturday morning in each barangay hall of Cabanatuan City.
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•The volunteers will be given free snacks for consideration. The project will also launch a Facebook Page @letscollectbottletoendthisbattle.
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SUPPORT
•Since the project is recycled, the estimated budget needed for the project is ranging from 2000 to 3000 pesos for each barangay of Cabanatuan City. It includes the other materials needed and the snack for volunteers. The budget stated above is just for once because, they can sell the products that they will recycle and it can be source of barangay's funds.
