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initiated by Fr. Benigno P. Beltran, parish priest of the infamous Smokey Mountain,
Tondo, Manila for now over 20 years.
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run by the SMP - Multi Purpose Cooperative through its
Ecological
Alternatives Guild (EAG), composed of young people, many of whom are former scavengers.
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formed agreements with residential villages & corporations to collect their recyclable garbage.
Garbage Compactor & Truck for
Smokey Mountain
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Garbage compactor with
conveyor feeding mechanism: EG~2700kg
donated through the kind efforts of
Dr. Christoph Dieckmann & BEing
human Foundation - Europe
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EAG promotes the practice of sorting waste generated from residences and segregating those with value.
Mercedes 1922 (19 to / 220 PS)
with hydraulic lifting mechanism.
Donated through the kind efforts of
Dr. Christoph Dieckmann & BEing human Foundation - Europe
Our most urgent needs:
1. Hauling trucks
2. Recycling machines like down stroke bailers, can densifiers & fork lifts
3. Garbage compactors
4. Shredders, granulators, windrow turner
5. Seed capital to purchase sorted garbage from households
6. Need for instructional materials, i.e. brochures, posters, video tapes to educate the household members / helpers
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