{"id":238227,"date":"2019-11-23T23:44:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-24T04:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=238227"},"modified":"2025-01-07T05:16:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T10:16:28","slug":"smc-debuts-phs-first-recycled-plastics-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/11\/23\/smc-debuts-phs-first-recycled-plastics-road\/","title":{"rendered":"SMC debuts PH\u2019s first recycled plastics road"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: San Miguel Corporation Headquarters at Ortigas Center, Pasig City (Photo By Elmer B. Domingo\/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Conglomerate San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has taken another major step in the area of sustainability, by laying the first recycled plastics road in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

Asphalt using plastics were laid on a 1,500-square meter pilot test site at a new logistics center in General Trias, Cavite.<\/p>\n

The test site was chosen as it will be used primarily as a marshaling area for trucks with heavy loads, including 18-wheelers, and heavy equipment.<\/p>\n

SMC president Ramon S. Ang said: \u201cWhat we want to achieve is to help address an important environmental issue, and that is plastic wastes.<\/p>\n

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We want to create a sustainable use for waste plastics so that they don\u2019t end up in landfills and our rivers and oceans.”<\/p>\n

Some 900 kilos of plastic waste, equivalent to some 180,000 sachets and plastic bags, were used for the test site.<\/p>\n

SMC\u2019s technology partner, global materials science company Dow, said recycled plastic waste acts as a binder together with bitumen, in the production of asphalt.<\/p>\n

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The company said using recycled plastics in the production process can help make roads longer lasting and more durable compared to conventional asphalt.<\/p>\n

Independent lab testing done on San Miguel\u2019s recycled plastics road asphalt shows that it exceeds the standards of the Department of Public Works and Highways.<\/p>\n

The company said pending further testing, it can build recycled plastics roads in its facilities, as well as major infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n

Last week, San Miguel also announced that it is adopting the use of biodegradable plastics for food and non-food products.<\/p>\n

For this, the company is utilizing the biodegradable plastics developed by Philippine Bioresins Corporation that can be 64.<\/p>\n

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65 percent degraded in 24 months as compared to non-biodegradable plastics (4.5 percent in 24 months).<\/p>\n

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Industrial Technology Development Institute gave this innovation an Environmental Technology Verification certificate.<\/p>\n

San Miguel has also discontinued its bottled water business a few years ago and embarked on the move to reduce group-wide non-product water use by 50% by 2025.\u00a0(PR)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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