Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Boracay recycling center helps rid island of garbage

Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan (21 December) — A recycling center here focusing on converting used Styrofoam into other useful items is helping the island get rid of non-biodegradable garbage.

In this recycling center, used Styrofoam are melted and turned or converted into other items which are also used in the island for other purposes.

In converting used Styrofoam into other items, the center uses a bio-reactor equipment furnished by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), according to Provincial Officer Jairus Lachica.

The process, according to Lachica, is simple. Used containers made of Styrofoam from fastfood centers, appliance stores, business establishments and other sources are melted in used oil, and then through a molder, the melted matter is turned into many items which could be used for many purposes.

Lachica revealed that one of the items fashioned out of the used Styrofoam include tiles, which a Boracay resort is already using as materials for its pathwalks.

The recycling center, according to Lachica, is being run by the local government of Malay, with the fund provided by the Department of Tourism (DOT) in coordination with the Boracay Foundation Incorporated (BFI). The DOST, for its part, provided the technology.

Besides recycling used Styrofoam, Lachica also disclosed that the DOST also aids the island by converting other waste matters into organic fertilizer as its waste-management support to the local government of Malay as well to the province and the country’s tourism thrust. (PIA)

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