CLARK FREEPORT – The Clark Development Corp. has accredited Prime Waste Solutions Pampanga Inc. (PWS Pampanga) as its first waste service provider authorized to handle collection of residual waste within the freeport and the special economic zone.
PWS Pampanga operates a modern, large-scale materials recovery facility in Porac, Pampanga with a reported capacity to process up to 5,000 tons of solid waste per day. It is asserted as utilizing state-of-the-art equipment for waste segregation and storage to maximize resource recovery.
“Prime Waste Solutions Pampanga Inc. is the newly accredited service provider authorized to handle residual waste in Clark. (Prime Waste Pampanga) and other applicants who will be accredited will commence commercial operations in Clark by Oct. 6, 2024,” CDC said in a memorandum dated Sept. 16 yet.
Compliance to the memorandum, the CDC said, will “ensure proper handling and disposal of residual waste” within the freeport.
“Prime Waste Solutions Pampanga is redefining the waste management sector. As the operator of a state-of-the-art materials recovery facility, we distinguish ourselves from traditional landfills by providing a sustainable alternative built around resource recovery,” said Cara Peralta, Prime Infra’s Market Sector Lead for Waste.
A wholly owned subsidiary of Razon-led Prime Infra, PWS Pampanga said it is establishing benchmarks in sustainability and operational efficiency, supporting broader sustainable development goals in the region.
“By optimizing resource recovery, we aim to significantly limit landfilled waste to 20 percent or less of received waste. This way, we are able to reduce organic waste ending up decomposing and producing harmful methane emissions,” Peralta said.
Meanwhile, PWS Pampanga also recently secured the contract for residual waste management services for the buildings, facilities, and open spaces of CDC.
CDC statement
In a statement on “The Closure of the Kalangitan Sanitary Landfill” sent to media on Oct. 1, the CDC said the publicly bidded contract of services with the Metro Clark Waste Management Corp. for the said landfill “reads that it is valid only until Oct. 5, 2024.”
Citing the sub judice rule, CDC said it opted to “refrain from commenting on issues now pending before the courts.”
In an affirmation of the accreditation of its first waste service provider, CDC said:
“In our efforts to ensure uninterrupted waste management within Clark, Prime Waste Solutions Pampanga Inc. has been accredited as the first waste service provider,” a read CDC statement sent to media on Oct. 1.
“Currently, the CDC is still processing the accreditation of additional applicants who have yet to complete the submission of their requirements, and this process will continue until Oct. 5,” it added. With PR
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