CITY OF MALOLOS — San Miguel Corp. (SMC) Bulacan river cleanup is nearing completion and is preparing to transfer its next waterway clearing to Pampanga.

The SMC Media Affairs Group announced that the company’s river cleanup in Bulacan has removed over 4.2 million tons of silt and waste from around 74 kilometers of waterways.

It noted that with the Bulacan cleanup nearing its end, the company is setting its sights on the Pampanga River and is also looking to expand cleanup efforts in Biñan, Laguna, and Paranaque City.

The river cleanup in Bulacan has removed waste from major river systems in the province, including the Taliptip-Maycapiz-Bambang, Meycauayan, Marilao, Mailad-Sta. Maria, Guiguinto, Balagtas, Pamarawan, Kalero, and Labangan-Angat Rivers.

The project, part of SMC’s “Better Rivers PH” advocacy, comes at no cost to the government or taxpayers and has been ongoing since 2020. It previously covered the Tullahan, Pasig, and San Juan Rivers in Metro Manila, among others.

SMC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ramon Ang said, “Our river cleanup initiative in Bulacan is now in its second year, and so far, it is the most extensive of all the river cleanups we have done. The total volume of wastes and silt we have removed here—4,255,398 tons—is about twice the combined volume we extracted from the Pasig and Tullahan Rivers.”

Ang stressed the importance of desilting and clearing obstructions in rivers to mitigate flooding, which has worsened due to factors like low-lying geography, deforestation, garbage clogging waterways, rising sea levels, land subsidence, and excessive fishponds.

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