MAGTATAYO ang San Miguel Corporation (SMC) ng mga kalsada mula sa recycled plastics upang makatulong sa pagbabawas ng epekto ng plastic waste sa kapaligiran.
“This initiative is part of our push towards greater sustainability. Two years ago, we announced our major water sustainability project: to cut SMC water use by 50% by 2025. Recently, we reported that we beat our 2020 intermediate deadline of 20% reduction, by two years. Last year, we announced another initiative, and that is to address solid waste pollution. This project is part of that goal,” wika ni SMC president and COO Ramon S. Ang.
Makakatulong ng SMC ang nangungunang materials science company Dow Chemical sa pagpapatupad ng proyekto, na gagamit ng hard-to-recycle plastics bilang alternatibong raw material input sa aspalto para sa pagtatayo ng kalsada.
“Developing roads using plastics that would have otherwise ended up in landfills or our bodies of water is an environment-friendly method of dis-posing of scrap plastics,” sabi ni Ang.
“We can help our environment and at the same time improve the quality of our infrastructure projects. We are eager to begin this initiative,” dagdag pa niya.
Kabilang sa mga benepisyo ng paggamit ng recycled plastics para sa road surfacing ay mas matibay ng mga kalsada; increased skid resistance, na nagpapahusay sa road safety; mas mahabang itatagal ng mga kalsada; mas murang aspalto; at mas kaunting basura para sa landfills.
“Dow has worked on projects that uses plastics for modifying the properties of bitumen, used in the making of asphalt, which has been tested in In-dia, Indonesia and Thailand,” ayon sa SMC.
Susubukan muna ng SMC ang teknolohiya sa maliliit na municipal roads, gayundin sa sidewalks at parking lots.
Kapag napatunayang epektibo ang teknolohiya at makatutugon sa lahat ng safety at quality requirements, maaaring maglatag ang kompanya ng mas malalaking infrastructure projects.
“While we are proud to be the first-mover in this area, we are very hopeful that we won’t be the last or the only ones. The research is there and available to everyone, and we’ll be glad to share our own processes and experience. At the end of the day, this kind of innovation will benefit the same environment we all share,” sabi pa ni Ang.
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