ALAMINOS CITY—Waste plastic materials which are non-biodegradable are recycled into bricks in this city, home of the protected Hundred Islands National Park (HINP).

Ismael Najera, general service officer and city engineer-designate of the city, said the city started making the “eco-friendly” bricks three years ago.

Each brick is composed of 40 percent pulverized plastic, and the other 60 percent is concrete mixture.

Najera said the eco- bricks are still not being produced commercially but there have been inquiries and expressions of intent to buy.

No commercial price has been established so far even knowing that the net cost of materials alone for each brick is P9. It is ideal for pathways in open areas.

The city government has donated eco-bricks to various public elementary and high schools and day care centers as well as at the GK-Eco Village for use as pathways.

The initiative was undertaken with help from General Incinerator Alternative (GIA), a non-government organization helping the city government tackle its waste management in accordance with the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act or Republic Act No. 9003.

GIA donated a machine called plastic pulverizer.

Najera said the plastics from the market, malls and households collected by barangays are turned over to the brick plant to be pulverized.

The brick was designed by the city engineer’s office.

There are now two brick plants, one at the city’s slaughterhouse and the other at the city engineer’s office.

The front lawn of the city hall is also now made from eco-bricks as well as pathways leading to at least 29 Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs) built by the city government.

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