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en washing technology, both companies aim Srichakra Polyplast throughout the project life-
to raise industry standards for recycled mate- cycle and contributing to the company’s contin-
rial quality, operational excellence, and circular ued growth and leadership in sustainable plas-
economy performance. tics recycling.
As a long-term technology partner, Lindner Source - https://petpla.net
Washtech remains committed to supporting
Coca-Cola And Valenzuela City, The Philippines, Partner To Boost
Pet Collection And Recycling Efforts
oca Cola Europacific Aboitiz Philippines As part of the partnership, CCEAP provided a
(CCEAP), the bottling arm and official baling machine to the Barangay Ugong Materials
Cdistributor of Coca Cola products in the Recovery Facility (MRF), which became opera-
country, has partnered with the City Govern- tional earlier this year. The equipment enhances
ment of Valenzuela to strengthen the city’s PET the facility’s capacity to sort, consolidate, bale,
bottle collection and recycling efforts. The col- and store PET bottles and other recyclable ma-
laboration supports the Tapon to Ipon program, terials, improving the efficiency of collection and
a flagship nationwide initiative by the Coca-Co- recovery operations.
la system in the Philippines that promotes the
collection and recycling of post-consumer PET Collected clear PET bottles will be diverted to
plastic bottles. PETValue Philippines, the country’s pioneering
bottle-to-bottle recycling facility. PETValue Phil-
“Our mission is to make Valenzuela City not just ippines is a joint venture between CCEAP and In-
an industrial city, but also a livable city. Achieving dorama Ventures, a global sustainable chemical
this means cleanliness and effective waste man- company. In this state-of-the-art facility, recov-
agement remain our top priorities. Institutional-
ising our PET collection and recycling efforts in ered materials are converted into food-grade
partnership with CCEAP is an important step to- recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET),
ward strengthening our recycling infrastructure supporting a circular lifecycle for PET packaging.
and improving how we sort, recover, and trans- Through continued collaboration with govern-
port collected materials. We thank CCEAP for ment, industry stakeholders, and community
its support and look forward to working closely partners, CCEAP continues to scale up its collec-
with our CENRO and MRF partners to expand tion initiatives and make recycling more acces-
our recovery initiatives and advance a more cir- sible across the Philippines.
cular approach to resource management across
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the city,” said Wes Gatchalian Mayor of the City
Government of Valenzuela.
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