Japanese Consul General commends Mandaue City for transforming dumpsite into Green Learning Park

Japanese Consul General Toshihide Kawasaki visits Mandaue City’s Green Learning Park which is actually a former dumpsite. | Contributed photoMANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Japanese Consul General Toshihide Kawasaki on Wednesday, June 16, 2021, visited the Mandaue Green Learning Park in Barangay Umapad which is a former dumpsite.

Kawasaki said the project was one of the projects Japan especially Yokohama City try to cooperate with and that the Mandaue Green Learning is the city’s achievement. The Consul General praised the city government for its effort in trying to save the environment and for coming up with ways to address pollution and garbage problems.

He cited the GUUN Corporation, a Japanese plastic recycling facility located in Consolacion town where it converts plastic wastes into “fluff fuel,” or shredded waste plastics, which they sold to cement companies.Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes said they partnered with the Japanese firm to lessen the volume of garbage and also help protect the environment especially that the city generates 269 tons of garbage per day, 36 percent of which are recyclables.

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