MARIVELES, Bataan — An upland village here on Monday started a cleanliness campaign, luring villagers to submit plastic trash in exchange for rice.
Barangay Alion chairman Al Balan asked his village mates to submit to the barangay hall plastic materials like bottles, sachets of shampoo, coffee, cooking oil and others. For every kilo of the garbage, the barangay gives an equivalent one kilo of rice.
“Ito’y pormal na pag-uumpisa ng ating kampanya para sa mas malinis na kapaligiran dito sa Alion at bilang tugon na rin sa kampanya ng local na pamahalaan para sa reduce, reuse and recycle program sa mga basura,” the village head said.
He asked the cooperation of the villagers for the success of the campaign. “Nakabawas na tayo ng basura, nalinis na ang paligid at may bigas pang isasaing at ihahain sa ating hapag-kainan,” Balan said.
