Nestlé, Valenzuela launch plastics recovery program
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Nestle Philippines has teamed up with Valenzuela City government, alongside the Department of Education of Valenzuela City branch and Green Antz Builders, Inc., to introduce a citywide program to recover post-consumer waste laminates such as sachets and beverage cartons. In a statement over the weekend, Nestlé Philippines said its chairman and CEO Kais Marzouki signed the memorandum of understanding for “May Balik! Sa Plastic!,” along with Valenzuela Rexlon T. Gatchalian, DepEd Assistant School Division Superintendent Dr. Benjamin D. Samson, and Green Antz Builders, Inc. President Rommel Benig.
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Lim, J. C. (2019, May 27). Nestlé, Valenzuela launch plastics recovery program. Business World, p. S1/2.
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