The National Tobacco Administration (NTA) wants tobacco companies to sell to it their tobacco sweepings, which it will use to produce fishpond fertilizer. According to Memorandum Circular No. 001 Series of 2013 dated Feb. 6, 2013 "tobacco sweepings from TCs (tobacco trading centers), WTDs (wholesale tobacco dealers), CMs (cigar/cigarette manufactures) and FRs (field representatives) shall be exclusive disposed of in favor of the NTA to be used as raw materials in the production/ processing of Tobacco Dust Plus as molluscicide cum fertilizer for aquaculture/fishpond application."

Fishpond fertilizer. (2013, April 15). BusinessWorld, p. S1/2.