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| EDC-Burgos Wind Power Corporation together with its employees celebrated BINHI Day and environment month by planting critically endangered native trees at the Nagsurot Tree Park in EBWPC Wind Farm. |
Burgos, Ilocos Norte—Even a company as “green” as the country’s biggest wind power facility can still become “greener”. The EDC-Burgos Wind Power Corporation (EBWPC) proved this as its employees celebrated BINHI Day and environment month in June through various activities.
BINHI is EDC’s greening legacy program that focuses on the rescue of 96 threatened Philippine native trees. A total of 88 critically endangered native trees were planted, adding to the 51 seedlings that were planted last year in Nagsurot Tree Park at the EBWPC Wind Farm in Burgos, Ilocos Norte. This environmental stewardship project has been supported by EBWPC employees who took care of the trees that they planted last year.
In addition, the company launched the “Basura Exchange School Tiangge” project or BEST together with Barangay Poblacion’s local government unit, and Burgos Elementary School (BCES).
This project aims to encourage students and community members to reduce plastic pollution by collecting plastic waste. They can convert their collected plastic waste into points which they can exchange with school or household supplies. The store will also accept eco-bricks made out of plastics stuffed in 1.5 plastic bottles which they can exchange for a kilo of rice. The eco-bricks will be utilized by EBWPC as construction materials for its planned toilet project.
EBWPC ended its green month celebration by participating in a Fun Walk and Clean-up Drive in Kapurpurawan Rock Formation, an annual event organized by Barangay Poblacion, on June 29.
EDC, which owns EBWPC, has been known not only as the country’s biggest purely renewable energy company but also for its forest restoration and rescue of endangered native trees through BINHI. In recognition of its BINHI efforts, EDC is the only private company in the Philippines that was tapped by the Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) to be its tree assessor under its Global Tree Assessment (GTA) Program. (EDC)