Republic Cement & Building Materials Inc., a member of the Aboitiz Group, has partnered with household and personal care products manufacturer ACS Manufacturing Corporation in a bid to reduce plastic pollution.
The cement maker said in a statement that, under this partnership, ACS will be disposing of their qualified residual waste through ecoloop, Republic Cement’s official co-processing and resource recovery group.
Representatives from ACS Manufacturing Corporation visit Republic Cement’s Batangas Plant to witness firsthand closing the lifecycle loop of residual plastic waste.
The collected qualified waste will be shredded and used as alternative fuel through co-processing, which involves the complete breakdown of any complex material.
Any byproducts are then fully integrated into cement production, closing the life cycle loop of plastic waste and preventing them from ending up back in landfills and waterways.
As the pioneer of co-processing in the Philippines, Republic Cement has the expertise, equipment, and the support of the Department of Environment to manage and dispose pre- and post-consumer waste.
