People can exchange their recyclable waste for groceries through Quezon City's cashback program at Araneta City in Cubao. It is part of the city's move to cut back on plastic.
The Trash to Cashback program aims to encourage the city's residents to convert their trash into environmental points that they can use to purchase essentials such as rice, eggs, bread, fruits, and toiletries. This goes hand in hand with the ongoing plastic ban in Quezon City.
Pre-registration is at the Araneta City Bus Station inside the P2P Lounge from March 15 to 18 and from March 20 to 26. Trading for recyclables is from March 19 and 27.
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The initiative, which had a pilot run in Quezon City Hall Risen Garden, is a collaboration between Basic Environmental Systems and Technologies and the city's own Environmental Protection and Waste Management Department.
Environmental points (EPs) earned from the program can also be used to pay for bXTRA food deliveries. A complete list of partner stores and establishments can be on the bXTRA wesbite and its delivery website.
Future runs of the trash cashback program may go beyond just groceries to cover micro and small businesses as partner merchants.
"If we have more partner merchants where residents can exchange their EPs, mas mahihikayat natin silang ipalit ang kanilang recyclable waste," Environmental Protection and Waste Management Department head Andrea A. Villaroman explained.
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