DEDICATED BINS FOR CANS AND BOTTLES

Despite many attempts to recycle used cans and bottles, many of these waste materials would still end up in the streets, the dumpsites, the landfills, the rivers, the lakes, the seas and the oceans. One reason for this is the lack of financial incentives for those who could collect these waste materials. One idea is to require barangays and village associations to put up dedicated bins for the collection of used cans and bottles and provide them with financial incentives in doing so. The income derived could be used barangays and village associations to fund any social or developmental project of their choice, or they could give rewards to participating households in the form of cash or other items of value. Even if some households are already segregating their used cans and bottles, these recyclables always end up in the piles of unsegregated garbage, because there is only one type of garbage truck that collects everything, segregated or not. Barangay councils and village boards would always complain that they have no budget to fund their development projects, and yet, they may not be aware that they have a steady source of valuable recyclables that they could collect and sell. An enterprising businessman, Mr. Jorge Malig has come up with a good design, using a 20-foot container van cut in half. When already full of recycled cans and bottles, it could be carted away to the junk shop. IKE SENERES/09088877282/01-10-24