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(File photo) ANGELES CITY, Pampanga - The city government here is set to launch the program "Walang Plastikan Bigas Palit Project" to encourage residents to segregate wastes, as well as to reduce if not eliminate the use of plastics. Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr. said on Wednesday that the city government will collect recyclable plastics from Angeleno households in exchange for rice. "While we are persuading our kababayans to segregate waste into its classifications biodegradable, non-biodegradable, recyclable, and plastic there is something waiting for their hard work a reward of rice," Lazatin said. Lazatin's chief adviser Irish Calaguas said that PHP100 million out of the PHP204 million budget allotted yearly for waste segregation management will be used to purchase rice and equipment needed for the upcoming project. Calaguas said that part of the allotted budget will be used for the putting up of a designated storage area and redemption trucks that will ro ....
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