MARIVELES, Bataan- Workers of the Philippine National Oil Company-Alternative Fuels Corp. on Tuesday presented attractive Christmas lanterns made of used vehicle batteries and other waste materials.
Engr. Carlito Pena, PNOC-AFC Environment Management supervisor, said the five winning Christmas décor showed that out of garbage, the spirit of the Yuletide season is not lost.
“Sa halip na itapon ang mga basura at baka bumara pa sa mga estero, ginawa ang mga ito ng kapaki-pakinabang,” the engineer said.
He explained that the PNOC-AFC industrial park, formerly the Petrochemical Park in the Mariveles-Limay area, is very conscious of the environment and has imposed the practice of the 3 R’s (reuse, recycle and reduce) in the criteria in the selection of the lanterns.
Grabbing the first prize was a star made of parts of a used battery. The 2nd prize winner went to a big lantern made of grasses, coconuts and sea shells while a star woven out of styrofoam plate with coconut husks got the 3rd place.
Technicians from the park submitted a lantern patterned after check valves with old calendars as wrapper. Another entry was a Christmas décor made of softdrink bottle and straw.
Ret. Rear Adm. Alfredo Abueg, park manager and Ret. Lt. Gen. Romeo Tolentino, PNOC-AFC president, were among the judges in the selection of the winning Christmas lanterns.
Engr. Carlito Pena, PNOC-AFC Environment Management supervisor, said the five winning Christmas décor showed that out of garbage, the spirit of the Yuletide season is not lost.
“Sa halip na itapon ang mga basura at baka bumara pa sa mga estero, ginawa ang mga ito ng kapaki-pakinabang,” the engineer said.
He explained that the PNOC-AFC industrial park, formerly the Petrochemical Park in the Mariveles-Limay area, is very conscious of the environment and has imposed the practice of the 3 R’s (reuse, recycle and reduce) in the criteria in the selection of the lanterns.
Grabbing the first prize was a star made of parts of a used battery. The 2nd prize winner went to a big lantern made of grasses, coconuts and sea shells while a star woven out of styrofoam plate with coconut husks got the 3rd place.
Technicians from the park submitted a lantern patterned after check valves with old calendars as wrapper. Another entry was a Christmas décor made of softdrink bottle and straw.
Ret. Rear Adm. Alfredo Abueg, park manager and Ret. Lt. Gen. Romeo Tolentino, PNOC-AFC president, were among the judges in the selection of the winning Christmas lanterns.
