Mondelez Philippines worked with the social enterprise the Plastic Flamingo to turn over outdoor furniture made from recycled plastic to the Parañaque City government.
These recycled items show the proof of the recyclability of plastics, and how supporting the circular economy for this material can benefit the environment and livelihood.
The Philippine Alliance for Recycling and Materials Sustainability (PARMS) alongside its members like Mondelez Philippines have committed to supporting efforts to manage plastic and packaging waste and reduce the country’s waste footprint.
Mondelez Philippines is one with PARMS in implementing this roadmap and has signed the industry pledge to ensure that by 2030, the company can collect and divert the same amount of plastic that it uses for its products.
The company also abides by its global commitments to reduce the amount of packaging they use, to make 100 percent of its packaging recycle ready and labeled with recycling information, and to reduce virgin plastic use in rigid plastic packaging by 25 percent or a 5 percent reduction in virgin plastic in its overall packaging.
“We recognize the responsibility that each one of us has in ensuring plastic waste does not end up in nature,” said Joseph Fabul, Corporate and Government Affairs country manager for Mondelez Philippines. “In 2019 we started our journey to learn how we can support waste collection, launching a project to collect just 1,000 kilos of plastic waste with the Plastic Flamingo the following year. By 2021, we have expanded this to 42,000 kilos, and have turned a part of this collected waste into recycled furniture for the use of our home city of Parañaque.”
