Republic Cement diverts 21 B plastic sachets in 2023

The resource recovery group of Republic Cement called ecoloop, has reported that it has successfully diverted 21.4 billion plastic sachets in 2023, equivalent to 110,000 metric tons of residual waste used as alternative fuel in the company’s co-processing operations for cement manufacturing.

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“This achievement represents a significant amount of waste diverted from landfills and bodies of water, such as oceans and urban waterways and further underscores Republic Cement’s commitment to environmental stewardship and circular economy principles,” said ecoloop director Angela Edralin-Valencia.

The Philippines is the thirdlargest plastic polluter of the Pacific Ocean, contributing significantly to marine plastic waste.

According to a 2021 World Bank report, the Philippines generates an estimated 61,000 metric tons of waste daily, with 12 to 24 percent of this being plastic waste.

For 2023, Republic Cement further reported that it has utilized over 670,000 tons of residual waste in its overall cement manufacturing process, including other alternative fuels such as biomass and refuse-derived fuel. This is the largest amount of residual waste that the company has diverted in a single year since pioneering the use of alternative fuels in the Philippines in the early 2000s.