By
Gideon C. Corgue
PAGADIAN CITY – A
five feet tall of eight
customized “maong” bags containing empty bottles and containers will be
turned-over by the1st Infantry (Tabak) Division, Philippine Army to
GMA7’s noontime show “Eat Bulaga” on March 3 at Broadway Centrum, Quezon City.
Lt. Col. Aude Monggao, commander
of the 1st Civil Military Operations (1CMO) battalion told the Philippine
Information Agency (PIA) that Tabak commander BGen. Gerardo Barrientos Jr. would lead
the turnover of said items to the general manager of “Eat Bulaga.”
Monggao said the bags,which were transported by the
1CMO personnel on Sunday via Philippine Air Force’s C-130 plane at Pagadian
City airport,were collected by the 1st Infantry Division from 104th Infantry Brigade in Basilan
province and Task Force Zamboanga in Zamboanga City respectively.
This project
dubbed “Plastic ng Tabak Para Kay Juan” was initiated by the 1
1CMO in support
of the AFP’s environmental protection program.
“The Tabak division is helping environment by
collecting empty plastic bottles and containers which are considered
non-biogradable and therefore hazardous to the environment if not recycled,”
Monggao explained.
“We instill in the heart and mind of every military and
civilian personnel the importance of waste segregation and recycling as a way
of showing our love and care for the environment in the light of climate change
and global warmingproblems,” he added.
Monggao said the bags containing 80 kilos of empty
plastic bottleswerearesult of the 60-day collection effort by the troopers
since Dec. 17, 2014.
“This is the first batch of plastic bottles to be
shipped out and more bags of plastics will be collected from other three
brigades,” he added.
“Slowly, we
involve other units like the 102nd Brigade in Ipil, Zamboanga
Sibugay , 103rd Brigade in Campo Ranaw, Marawi City, and the
Mechanized Infantry (Kalasag)Battalion in Iligan City to make this project
successful,” stressed Monggao.
