Almost a million metric tons of silt and solid waste. To be exact, 806,084. That’s how much material has been removed by San Miguel Corp. from the Pasig River and the Tullahan-Tinajeros River system since the conglomerate began its multibillion peso cleanup drive last year. According to the company, its P2-billion cleanup of the Pasig River—the main waterway that bisects Metro Manila—has so far yielded 165,700 MT of solid waste, which aggravates the flooding that the country’s capital experiences annually during the rainy season. Meanwhile, another 640,384 MT of the same waste material have been cleared from the Tullahan-Tinajeros waterways, which also causes flooding in their areas annually.

Camus, M. R. (2022, January 5). Bigger cleanup campaign. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A10.