{"id":9166,"date":"2024-04-27T00:57:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T16:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/?p=9166"},"modified":"2024-04-27T00:57:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T16:57:18","slug":"pepsico-philippines-leads-beach-clean-up-at-las-pinas-paranaque-wetland-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/pepsico-philippines-leads-beach-clean-up-at-las-pinas-paranaque-wetland-park\/","title":{"rendered":"PepsiCo Philippines leads beach clean-up at Las Pi\u00f1as-Paranaque Wetland Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PepsiCo Philippines led a beach clean-up at the Las Pi\u00f1as-Paranaque Wetland Park to mark the deployment of over 90 plastic waste collection sites in Cebu Province, Batangas, Cavite, Bulacan, Laguna, and Pasig run by Aling Tindera \u2013 a waste-to-cash program that supports women micro-entrepreneurs to become sustainability champions in their communities.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of their Earth Day\ninitiatives, PepsiCo partnered with HOPE, a PCX Markets project partner, to\norganize a beach clean-up on Monday. The PepsiCo team collected 114 kg plastic\nwaste and donated it to Elvira Garcia, an Aling Tindera from Brgy, Francisco\nReyes. General Mariano Alvarez, Cavite. Elvira, who joined the beach clean-up,\nhas been part of HOPE\u2019s Aling Tindera program since November 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Aling\nTindera project kicked off in 2020 in Metro\nManila and expanded to 76 community collection sites nationwide in 2022 to\ncommemorate the 76th<\/sup> year of PepsiCo in the Philippines. PepsiCo\u2019s Aling Tindera program covered 56 community sites\nmanaged by Aling Tinderas and 20 institutional drop-off sites, including malls\nand resorts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through the\ninfrastructure supported by PepsiCo Philippines, the 76 Aling Tindera sites\nhave been able to collect 2,944,074 kilograms of plastic waste between 2020 and\nthe end of 2023.  The additional 15 sites\nsponsored by the PepsiCo Foundation, meanwhile, provided infrastructure that\nhelped Aling Tinderas collect another 212,144 kilograms during that period. This initiative has not only spurred a circular economy but\nalso raised the monthly income of these women entrepreneurs by an impressive\n48%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the expansion supported by\nthe PepsiCo Foundation, including 15 new sites, there are now 91 active\ncollection points across the nation. These Aling Tinderas create value by purchasing\nplastic waste from the surrounding communities, which is later acquired by HOPE\nat a premium and sent to\nthe accredited processors where it is upcycled, recycled or responsibly used as\nan alternative energy source, ensuring it does not leak back into nature. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

PepsiCo’s corporate purpose is to create a\nmore sustainable food system while maximizing social and economic benefits to\nstakeholders. This purpose aligns with the company’s pep+ agenda, a strategic\ntransformation that places sustainability at the centre of PepsiCo’s growth and\nvalue creation. The PepsiCo Positive (pep+) agenda has three pillars: Positive\nValue Chain, Positive Agriculture, and Positive Choices, all aimed at driving\nprogress toward PepsiCo’s sustainability goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PepsiCo Philippines took an ambitious decision\nto lead the way as a conscious and responsible brand to make a proactive and\nvoluntary move even before the EPR law was established in the country in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nitin Bhandari, General Manager\nat PepsiCo Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore said, \u201cInvesting in the Aling\nTindera Waste-to-Cash program reflects our strategic commitment to the pep+\nagenda. We proactively launched this initiative ahead of the EPR Law, setting\nthe stage for innovative, sustainable solutions.  The Aling Tindera program underscores the\npotential of the circular economy to deliver tangible environmental and\neconomic benefits by creating an ecosystem to collect plastic waste and enhance\nthe livelihoods of the communities we serve. This is the kind of progress that\ndefines PepsiCo\u2019s path forward.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senator Cynthia A. Villar\nattended the event, demonstrating her support for measures that promote the\neffective enactment of the EPR Law, for which she was a key advocate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am\nglad to see that the [EPR] law has started to be implemented and that\ncompanies, like PepsiCo, are at the forefront of show how producer\u2019s\nresponsibility can really help create a more sustainable future for us all,\nstarting by the collection and diversion of plastics from nature.  I also praise PepsiCo for going beyond just\ncollecting and diverting its plastic footprints and finding ways to adopt more\nsustainable practices \u2013 like redesigning packaging for the environment and\ninvesting in programs like Aling Tindera \u2013 to promote a more circular economy,\u201d\nVillar said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPartnerships between companies who are taking\nresponsibility for their plastic footprint and grassroots community groups \u2013\nlike Aling Tindera \u2013 are empowering women, providing incremental income to\ncommunities, encouraging behavior change and educating the public about\nresponsible plastic waste management. \nThese are the way to go,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond plastic collection and community programs like Aling\nTindera, PepsiCo in the Philippines has embarked on efforts to reduce the\namount of virgin plastic through packaging light weighting measures and\npromoting circular economy through the introduction of packaging that is\nrecyclable, compostable, biodegradable, and\/or reusable (RCBR).  PepsiCo globally has a target of attaining\n100% RCBR across all its packaging by 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The PepsiCo team collected 114 kg plastic waste and donated it to Elvira Garcia, an Aling Tindera from Brgy, Francisco Reyes. General Mariano Alvarez, Cavite. Elvira, who joined the beach clean-up, has been part of HOPE\u2019s Aling Tindera program since November 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9167,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[220,217,218],"class_list":["post-9166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsmakers","tag-corporate-social-responsibility","tag-sustainability","tag-sustainable-efforts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9166"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9168,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9166\/revisions\/9168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}