URC leaves very limited choices of plastic waste to collect
| Info | Details |
|---|---|
| What | Juan Goal for Plastic Collection in Malls |
| When | Oct 29-30, Nov 19-20, Dec 3-4 2022 |
| Where | Robinsons Galleria, Las Pinas, Ermita, Starmills, Magnolia (Sta Mesa) |
| By Whom | URC |
URC’s “Juan Goal for Plastic” stalls will be in Robinsons Malls in selected days from October to December. People can bring in clear plastic bags to be exchanged for URC products such as:
The values are:
As you can see, the best options are to give either 1 or 5 kilos. For now, only clear plastic bags are accepted.
The main problem with the URC program is the very limited choices of plastic waste that they accept.
They accept only clear plastic bags amd sachets at 1 kilogram minimum.
An empty sachet is around 2 grams only. So it will take 500 empty sachets to make the minimum 1 kg requirement!
They do not accept:
The recycling program of Alaska is much better. They give 150 grams of milk for every 3 kilos of plastic waste, whether PET, sachets, or plastic bags.
The milk is valued at around 40 pesos and so the value of each kilo is around 13 pesos. This is lower than the 35 pesos of URC. But it is not limited to clear plastic bags which is nearly impossible to collect in great volumes.
Juan Dalisay Jr.
Reporter
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