The Department of Science and Technology National Capital Region (DOST NCR) signed Monday a memorandum of agreement with two waste management companies to make the agency ‘zero-waste’ by 2028.
The DOST NCR agreed with waste management companies Basic Environmental Systems and Technologies (BEST) and Sentinel Upcycling Technologies at this year’s Regional Science, Technology and Innovation Week held at the Technological Institute of the Philippines in Quezon City.
BEST will trade in the DOST NCR’s recyclable waste for office supplies and materials, the government agency’s technical support services assistant director, Bianca Claudette Canlas, explained in a press conference during the celebration.
Meanwhile, Sentinel will take the regional office’s plastic waste to process it into new products like chairs and tables, Canlas added.
‘We want to start walking the talk on a circular economy before we bring this plan to our stakeholders, like our manufacturers, our consumers, distributors,’ Canlas maintained.
A circular economy is a concept in which waste is minimized, and products are maximized for use as long as possible.
‘We will start by training our staff starting in December up to January on how to properly segregate waste materials,’ Canlas explained.