Cebu waste facility starts operation
PRIME Integrated Waste Solutions, Inc. (PWS), a subsidiary of the Enrique Razon-led Prime Infrastructure Capital, Inc. (Prime Infra), has inaugurated its automated materials recovery facility (MRF) in Cebu for proper waste management.
“We acknowledge the importance of responsible waste management in safeguarding our environment and the well-being of future generations. We recognize that every single one of you is a steward for a new way forward in the Philippines,” PWS Chair Katrina Maria S. Razon said in an e-mailed statement on Wednesday.
PWS said the facility was established due to the increasing demand for proper waste management and resource recovery solutions. It seeks to convert recovered resources into sustainable fuels.
Equipment such as vibrating sieves, baler systems, magnetic separators, and air density separator was procured from Europe and Asia, the company said
“I need not tell you how groundbreaking this is because this is in fact the first in the country,” Environment Secretary Ma. Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga was quoted as saying.
“The first thing we need to do in this country is regard the solid waste management sector as an industry and for that, it needs to realize the efficiencies according to scale,” she added.
“I’ve been [telling] the Razon Group and company that I want to be here for the first time,” Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said.
Cara Peralta, Prime Infra’s market sector leader for waste, said that the MRF will enable them to sort, segregate, and process waste not just for their own sites, but also for cities or areas that lack proper waste disposal facilities.
“Our goal is to further enhance our process flow and to essentially go back to our original objective of turning waste into sustainable fuels to further reduce methane emissions and for our country to be able to provide sustain sustainable fuels to the global market,” she said. — Sheldeen Joy Talavera