THE newly-inaugurated University of Caloocan City – College of Engineering has received a total of 60 recycled armchairs provided by Caloocan’s City Environmental Management Department, with the objective of strengthening the city government’s waste management and recycling programs to respond to more specific concerns.

Using a plastic melting machine, each armchair is made with over twenty five kilograms of plastic wrappers together with five kilograms of plastic bottles.

City Mayor Dale Gonzalo ‘Along’ Malapitan congratulated the CEMD for implementing the said program. He also called on his constituents to participate in these efforts by conducting home-based waste sorting and ultimately by reducing the dependency to plastic products.

“Binabati ko po ang CEMD dahil bukod sa pagpapanatili ng kalinisan sa ating lungsod at pagbabawas ng plastic waste materials ay gumagawa pa kayo ng mga kapaki-pakinabang na kagamitan para sa mga Batang Kankaloo, lalo na sa mga bagong mag-aaral ng UCC-College of Engineering,” Malapitan said.

“Mas mabilis at mas marami pang recycled materials ang magagawa ng CEMD kung sisimulan natin sa ating mga tahanan ang pagsasaayos ng ating mga basura. Siyempre, ang layunin po natin sa huli ay tuluyang mabawasan ang paggamit ng plastic sa lungsod, nang sa gayon ay mawala na rin ang mga negatibong epekto nito sa ating kapaligiran,” he added.

The City Mayor likewise acknowledged that the recycling program of the CEMD is directly aligned with his administration’s advocacy of finding sustainable, holistic, and long-term solutions to city-wide concerns.

“Sa tuloy-tuloy na pagpapatupad ng proyektong ito ng CEMD, mas matutugunan natin ang mga isyung may kaugnayan sa kalikasan, kaligtasan, at edukasyon. Asahan niyo na po na sa ilalim ng ating pamumuno, pangmatagalan at pangkabuuang solusyon ang lagi nating pagtutuunan ng pansin,” he added.