Senator Cynthia Villar … ecology concern
MANILA: Senator-elect Cynthia Villar wasted no time in
fulfilling her promise of creating livelihood to the poor, while protecting the
environment.
She, together with Las Piñas Rep Mark
Villar and Sen Manny Villar, recently inaugurated the first Waste Plastic
Recycling Factory in Metro Manila, which turns plastic wastes into durable
school chairs that could last up to 20 years.
“We
have a lot of plastic wastes here in Metro Manila. When disposed improperly,
these result in clogging of our drainage and eventually cause flooding, spread
of diseases, and many others.
"So we thought of processing these plastic wastes
and come up into something useful.
"That is when I read about this technology in
Davao, which processes plastic wastes into school chairs,” relayed Mrs. Villar.
Villar went to Davao herself to witness
if the technology is really working.
“I
have been using biodegradable wastes as resource in my other livelihood
projects. I was so happy when I saw this technology, because now, we can also
process non-biodegradable wastes, and we have tons of them here in Metro
Manila,” relayed Mrs Villar.
Villar said she is very proud of this
project not only for the livelihood it brings to the poor, but also to the
environmental benefit it brings.
“In
processing the unavoidable plastic wastes into something useful, like school
chairs, we are not only cleaning and protecting the environment, but we are, at
the same time, providing livelihood to the poor – to the workers in the factory
who are processing the wastes,” said Villar.
She explained, the plastic wastes
recycling factory located in Ilaya, Las Pinas City is a pilot project of the
Villar Foundation.
Villar said if this project will be
successful, it can be replicated in other provinces in the country.
Villar earned the moniker,
MisisHanepbuhay, because of her many livelihood projects built benefitting the
poor.
Before running for Senate, Villar served
as Congresswoman of Las Piñas for nine years and became managing director of
the Villar Foundation, where she continued providing livelihood projects in 200
towns and cities all over the country. – Bicol Mail
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