Empowering Communities, Awarding Success: MMDA and Coca-Cola Recognize Metro Manila’s Top Barangays for Recycling Achievements

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines Inc. (CCBPI) recently hosted the awarding ceremony for the "Tapon to Ipon: Basta Klaro, Panalo! Barangay Contest" at the MMDA Arena. The event marked the culmination of a four-month initiative that encouraged barangays to actively collect and recycle the most clear PET plastic bottles, Coca-Cola returnable glass bottles (RGBs) and crates, as part of a broader effort to promote environmental sustainability and responsible waste management.

The Tapon to Ipon initiative, which integrates CCBPI’s "Tapon to Ipon: Basta Klaro, Panalo!" program with the MMDA’s Mobile Materials Recovery Facility (MMRF) project, has been instrumental in engaging communities in resource recovery and waste reduction. Twenty-one (21) barangays participated in the contest, which ran from April to July 31, 2024, with the top-performing barangays being recognized and rewarded for their efforts.

Each of the barangays exchanged clear PET bottles and Coca-Cola returnable glass bottles as well as small and big crates, with assigned equivalent points for Coca-Cola products.

Coca-Cola PH bottler and MMDA partner to boost PET bottle collection and recycling

Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines, Inc. kicks off partnership with Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) for clear PET bottle collection within select Metro Manila barangays

Sealing the partnership are key representatives from the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines, Inc. (CCBPI). From left to right: MMDA General Manager Usec. Procopio Lipana, MMDA Deputy Chairman Usec. Frisco San Juan Jr., MMDA Acting Chairman Atty. Romando S. Artes, CCBPI VP for Corporate & Regulatory Affairs Atty. Juan Lorenzo Tañada, and CCBPI Commercial Unit Director for Greater Manila Area Adrian Javier, lead the significant collaboration to promote cleaner and waste-free Metro Manila​​ through the Mobile Material Recovery Facility and Tapon to Ipon program in barangays.

A waste recovery and recycling campaign kicked off across the country’s capital region as part of a significant partnership between Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines, Inc. (CCBPI), the local bottler of the global beverage brand, and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA).

Coca-Cola Philippines’ recycling at Panaad sa Negros Festival

After a successful launch in Bacolod, Coca-Cola Philippines and partners celebrated Earth Day by collecting 444.85 kilograms of PET bottles and cans between April 16-21 through the Tindahan Extra Mile (TEM) program during the Panaad sa Negros Festival 2024.

The program empowers sari-sari store owners and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to transform their stores into collection hubs for empty plastic bottles, supporting efforts to curb plastic waste and combat pollution. Micro-retailers earn points for collecting bottles, which can be redeemed for cashback and products for their businesses.

TEM is a collaboration between Coca-Cola Philippines, Basic Environmental Systems and Technologies, Inc. (BEST), and the Philippine Association of Stores and Carinderia Owners (PASCO). As of May, there are over 3,500 TEM members in the country.

P&G and Watsons support SM Cares and Plastic Credit Exchange to boost and incentivize plastic waste collection this Holiday season

More people are becoming environmentally conscious as pressing climate  issues arise on a global scale. This keeps multinational FMCG company  Procter & Gamble (P&G) Philippines committed to achieving its environmental  sustainability goals under P&G Ambition 2030. It aims to reduce carbon  footprint, conserve resources, and restore the world in the environmental areas  of Waste, Water, and Climate by enabling responsible consumption across their  brands, supply chain, employees and with external partners such as their  customers and consumers. 

In line with this, P&G partners with Watsons, the health and beauty care chain  store, and SM Cares, the corporate social responsibility arm of SM Supermalls,  to support SM’s Plastic Waste Collection Program (PWC) with NGO Plastic  Credit Exchange (PCX) and with program sponsors PricewaterhouseCoopers,  Nestle Philippines and Colgate-Palmolive Philippines. The program aims to  reduce plastic waste in landfills and oceans through proper plastic segregation  and disposal. The malls become venues for customers, tenants, and  surrounding offices to participate actively in the circular economy or the reuse  of plastic material. 

Tetra Pak sustainability reporting reaches 21-year landmark

Sustainability efforts in Malaysia, Singapore and Philippines continue

Tetra Pak has published the company’s 2019 Sustainability Report online, marking 21 years of sustainability reporting. Over the past two decades, the company’s approach to sustainability reporting has evolved significantly, from focusing on environmental commitments and actions in the first report in 1999 to evaluating every part of the business and its impact, including societal and supplier governance. Adopting a mix of self-assessment to aligning with Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines, as well as supporting the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through a process called materiality assessment to ensure the company can make the biggest possible impact.

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