SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – In time with the celebration of Earth Day 2025, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority is holding its 16th Recyclables Collection Event (RCE) on April 21 to 25.
Aligned with the international Earth Day 2025 theme of “Our Power, Our Planet,” the celebration is highlighted by the communication education and public awareness caravan directed at the freeport’s stakeholders.
Slated on April 22 and 24 at the Function Hall B of the Subic Bay Exhibition and Convention Center, the caravan will also feature a health and environment discussion led by the Philippine College of Occupational Medicine-Olongapo Chapter virtually via Google Meet.
“As for the main event, the 16th Recyclables Collection Event, will be held at the mini golf course area of the freeport, where stakeholders can bring hazardous waste materials and recyclable materials to ensure their proper disposal,” SBMA chairman and administrator Eduardo Jose L. Aliño said.
Also in line with the 16th RCE, sustainable products and technology exhibit, including the UBC Awareness and Collection Program led by GNS/Tetra Pak Philippines, Bamboonihan and Green Foot Carbon Calculator by Banco Kalikasan, Wastewater Grease waste management by Soliman EcoWaste Management Corp., and PBC Waste Management by Innogy Solutions Inc., takes place at the Promenade A of the Harbor Point Ayala Mall from April 21-23.
The 16th RCE will have the Refill Revolution for a Cause at the Harbor Point Ayala Mall on April 21 and 23, and at the Ecology Center on April 24 and 25.
“Our goal here is to reduce plastic pollution by reducing waste from single-use plastics. The proceeds from the donated recyclable materials collected will be doled out to the employees of Omniworx, the company tasked to clean and maintain SBMA buildings all over the Subic Bay Freeport,” Aliño said.
He reiterated that these employees are “our partners in the segregation of wastes at source. They ensure that recyclables are properly segregated and turned over during the bi-annual RCE for proper disposal through our waste haulers.”
Other activities include the Earth Day 2025 Community Cleanup, which will be held all over the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, and the Trash for Rice, a social development program of the Subic Bay Freeport Electronics Recycling Association.
“Earth Day 2025 is the Subic Bay Freeport Zone’s step towards its goal in the Race to Carbon Neutrality, making this premier Freeport into a carbon-neutral zone in the future,” Aliño said. Press release
