The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has praised leaders in 45 villages in the National Capital Region for implementing the Mobile Materials Recovery Facility (MMRF) program aims to decrease waste, encourage separation of waste, and composting in the community.
The MMRF, also called the “Recyclable Mo, Palit Grocery Ko” program, allows residents in a certain barangay to exchange their recyclable materials for items like canned goods, instant noodles, and rice.
The MMDA said that 45 barangays in Metro Manila are now implementing MMRF operations, and are holding collection and market days.
Residents will give items such as cartons, glass bottles, papers, and tin cans to their barangays for the MMRF collection. For every submission of the collected recyclables, residents will earn points that they can use to get commodities or grocery items during the scheduled MMRF Market Day. The earned and redeemed points of each participating resident are recorded in their own Ecosavers Passbook.
So far, the MMRF has collected over 90,000 kilos of recyclables. The collected recyclables, weighing 84% or 79,318.54 kilos, were sent to partner junk shops, while the remaining 16%, or 15,057.75 kilos, were processed at the Solid Waste Granulator and Brick-making facility in Manila.
