Food and beverage manufacturer Nestlé Philippines and marine conservation social enterprise Pure Oceans have partnered to design, procure and operate a prototype boat called Basura Bangka to transport plastic waste from coastal and island communities in Batangas to recycling facilities. Together with other stakeholders, Nestlé is engaged in recovering and diverting post-consumer waste away from landfills, waterways and oceans with the boat as component of the company’s high-priority strategy to reduce its environmental footprint and collect and recycle soft plastic waste. Pure Oceans, led by Founder and CEO Pia Roxas Ocampo, is based in Mabini, Batangas and works with coastal and island communities on sustainable solutions to the problem of marine plastic litter, aiming to keep reefs and seas plastic-free.

Nestlé, Pure Oceans launch Basura Bangka waste management. (2020, October 2). The Manila Times, p. B11.