GLEDCO Sunshine Recycling Facility

1. GLEDCO Sunshine Recycling Facility
By:GOVERNMENT OF LAOAG EMPLOYEES DEVELOPMENT COOPERATIVE
In 2009 through the Public Private Partnership
agreement between the Luzon Green Art Technology, Inc and the City Government of
Laoag to strengthen the Implementation of the Integrated Solid Waste Management.
In 2014, a Memorandum of Agreement was entered by and between the
Government of Laoag Employees Development Cooperative and the Local Government
of the City of Laoag. GLEDCO acquired all the assets and properties of the Luzon
Green Art Technology , INC. (LGA Tech) and became involved in the operations and
management of the now Sunshine City Materials Recovery Facility. Thus, the facility is
now under the name, GLEDCO Sunshine Recycling Facility or GSRF. GLEDCO provides
an oversight and management guidance and supervision to the overall operation of the
central facility. Wastes from the city are collected, further segregated and processed
into organic substances or materials. GLEDCO also donated 2 Million worth of various
equipment for the city’s waste management. The co-op will operate under contract
until 2023.
The products produced from collected solid waste by GLEDCO’S Sunshine
Recycling Facility (GSRF) are:
- Hollow blocks
- Pavers
- Organic fertilizers
All of these products meet the standards of the Bureau of Soils and Water
Management of t f he Department of Agriculture and; the Department of Public Works
and Highways, Bureau of Research and Standard Section.
The co-op’s facility converts biodegradable garbage – like peelings and left-overs
– from the public market, restaurants, and households into organic fertilizer. On the
other hand, non-biodegradables are processed into construction blocks.
The Government of Laoag Employees Development
Cooperative (GLEDCO) persists in strengthening its
corporate responsibility. It has played and
imperative role in the solid management program of
the city government of Laoag.the city government of
Laoag.

2. GSRF Brick Making
Last year, GLEDCO produced and sold 85 tons of organic fertilizer and 660,000
hollow blocks and paving blocks.A direct result is a significant 40% reduction in solid
waste and lower operational costs for the local government.
Direct beneficiaries of the program are 458 farmers who receive organic fertilizer
and lessen their dependence on commercial chemical fertilizers, 46 waste pickers
operating in the city’s disposal facility, GLEDCO members, and ultimately, the residents
of the city and the environment as a whole. Some of the blocks are purchased by the
City Government and used in the construction of government projects like housing and
parks. Gross Sales last year for organic fertilizer amounted to P54,000.00. Hollow
blocks sold were valued at P445,000 and for pavers P29,000.
Included in the contract with the City Government and GLEDCO signed last July
7, 2015 is that the fertilizers and blocks will “satisfy quality standards set by the Bureau
of Soil and Water Management (for the fertilizer) and the Bureau of Product Standards
(for the concrete products with plastics).
Tests conducted by the City Engineer’s Research & Standards Section show that
the blocks could support 594 pounds per square inch (PSI). Meanwhile, the organic
fertilizer passed testing by the Dept. of Agriculture’s Bureau of Soil & Water
Management in Diliman, Quezon City.

3. GM Edgar Pascual, Ms. Estela Damo City Cooperative Development Officer, RD Jo Bitonio & Staff
GLEDCO General Manager Edgar Pascual announced that the cooperative
received a Certificate of Recognition for 2015 Gawad Parangal Special Citation for
Exemplary Environmental Protection and Conservation Program Regional Level held
August 14, 2015 at CDA in Dagupan City.