PHILIPPINES: Pasig River cleanup

Location

Pasig River, Manila, Philippines

Facilitation Consortium

RiverRecycle Oy,
ICTSI Foundation,
Unilever Philippines,
Plastic Credit Exchange,
Philippine Alliance for Recycling and Materials Sustainability (PARMS),
City of Manila,
Department of Environment and Natural Resources/Pasig River Coordinating and Management Office (PRCMO),
Metro Manila Development Authority,
Philippine Coast Guard,
Maritime Industry Authority, Finnpartnership.

Funded by

ICTSI Foundation

The project aims first to establish chemical recycling facilities to create value from plastic waste that would otherwise end up in the environment.

Secondly, we establish a river-based collection system to immediately halt the flow of plastic into the Manila Bay from Manila through Pasig river.

For land-based collection, we work with

• Plastic Credit Exchange (PCEx) who have a plan to establish 100 plastic waste collection points in the City of Manila
• Unilever Philippines to scale up the existing collection activities and with
• ICTSI Foundation to scale up the ongoing waste management activities and community collection in two communities in the Manila port area.