Phil Ecology Systems Corporation - Quezon City, Philippines

Phil. Ecology Systems Corp. (PhilEco) is a major player in the design, construction and operation of integrated sanitary solid waste management and disposal facilities in the Philippines. A “AAA” general engineering and building Contractor licensed by the Philippine Contractor Accreditation Board (PCAB), PhilEco is an ISO- certified company and is the only waste management firm in the country that operates an offshore sanitary landfill.

In 1995, Dr. Reghis M. Romero II, spearheaded the transformation of the Smokey Mountain dump site to address the waste problem and uplift the living conditions of the Smokey Mountain dwellers. Smokey Mountain, then known as a city of garbage, originally called Baryo Mandaragat, was eventually transformed into a mixed commercial and residential area  

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through the Smokey Mountain Development and Rehabilitation Project or SMDRP. The said project was a resounding success and turned the wasteland into a self-sustaining community. The pioneers of the successful and environmental project formed the core experts of Phil. Ecology Systems Corporation.

Phil. Ecology Systems Corp. or PhilEco was registered in the Securities and Exchange Commission in 1998 to design, construct and operate Integrated Solid Waste Disposal Facilities in the Philippines, with an end-to-end solution of collection, transfer and disposal, PhilEco is determined to solve the country’s waste problem.

The company's first major project, the Navotas Controlled Disposal Facility or NCDF was constructed in 2002. It was the first controlled disposal facility in the country and provided solutions to several cities in Metro Manila until 2006.

PhilEco then set it’s eyes on the next major project, the "Navotas Sanitary Landfill Facility" or NSLF located in Brgy. Tanza, Navotas City. The 40-hectare area became the first engineered and only bay area sanitary landfill in the Philippines in 2006 and is compliant to the Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of the Philippines. At present, NSLF accommodates up to 3,000 tons of Municipal Solid Waste from various areas in Metro Manila.

Supporting the operation of NSLFis the first and only marine garbage transfer station in the Philippines, the Vitas Marine Loading Station or VMLS located in Tondo, Manila. VMLS caters to all collected municipal solid waste before being transported via barge to the NSLF, where the solid waste is disposed in active cells where it is spread, compacted and covered with daily soil cover.

Over the years, PhilEco has demonstrated its robust experience in the design, construction and operation of sanitary landfill facilities across the country. Among PhilEco’s successful projects include the Olongapo City Sanitary Landfill, Kabulihan Sanitary Landfill in Malay, Province of Aklan, as well as the General Santos City Sanitary Landfill Facility and the Tagum City Sanitary Landfill, both of which are located in Mindanao.

The Olongapo City Sanitary Landfill Facility in Zambales province includes the design and construction of a 150 tons per day capacity sanitary landfill featuring an engineered landfill cell, leachate treatment plant using Integrated Fixed-film Activated Sludge or IFAS technology, and other ancillary facilities and includes the rehabilitation of the City’s existing dump site.

In Visayas, the Kabulihan Sanitary Landfill Facility located in the Municipality of Malay, Aklan, considered as the “landfill of Boracay”, is designed to accept a total of 10 tons per day of municipal solid waste and has catered to the disposal requirements of the island of Boracay and the Municipality of Malay since its completion in 2012.

In Mindanao, PhilEco has completed two (2) projects over the years. The first of which is the General Santos City Sanitary Landfill Facility located in the province of South Cotabato. The GSCSLF or GenSan SLF is a World Bank-financed design, build, operate or DBO project, with a design capacity of 300 tons per day. The project was completed in 2016 and features a 2.8-hectare landfill cell, leachate treatment facility using Sequence Bio Reactor (SBR) technology, and other ancillary facilities.

The Tagum City Sanitary Landfill is located in Brgy Nueva Fuerza, Tagum City, Davao del Norte. It is also a design and build project and has just been recently completed by PhilEco. The design capacity of the sanitary landfill is 100 tons per day and will be operated to cater to the disposal needs of the City of Tagum.

Moreover, PhilEco is also in the business of design and build of domestic wastewater treatment facilities. In partnership with its sister company, R-II Builders, PhilEco has completed the first combined sewage and septage treatment plant in the Philippines for the Maynilad Water Services Inc. (MWSI). The project is located in Project 7, Quezon City and is designed to accommodate a total of 2,400 cubic meters per day of sewage and 240 cubic meters per day of septage.

PhilEco also caters to Garbage Collection, Hauling and Disposal Services. Among its notable projects for this category include the Garbage Collection and Disposal Services for Districts 4, 5 and 6 of the City of Manila, Disaster Relief and Clean-Up Support Operations Project for Quezon City and most recently, the Citywide Garbage Collection, Hauling and Disposal Services for Pasig City. PhilEco has a vast fleet of garbage collection trucks and is continuously working on expanding its clientele, primarily in Metro Manila, which also includes private commercial establishments and PEZA facilities.

PhilEco is ably led by Engr. Edmond Q. Sese as the Vice Chairman and Engr. Jouie V. Lee Oliver as the President and COO. Phileco is known to be a well-established major player in the waste management industry in the Philippines. PhilEco is an ISO 9001:2015 Certified Company with the scope of Design, Construction and Operation of waste management facilities issued by Certifying Body, TUV Nord Philippines, Inc. Further, PhilEco is accredited by the Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board as a Triple A general contractor and is a member of the Coalition of Solid Waste Management Providers of the Philippines and Solid Waste Management Association of the Philippines or SWAPP

For many years, the company has embarked on key corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities, with annual programs such as adopt a tree, vermicompost donations, scholarships, medical missions, disaster-relief assistance and coastal clean-ups. PhilEco always finds ways in giving back to the community they serve.

PhilEco looks forward to the future of waste management by investing in state-of-the art technology which includes intelligent sorting facilities, biotreatment technologies, and waste-to-energy (WTE) plants.

With 25 years of solid experience and highly-skilled personnel and technical experts, coupled with its vast fleet of marine and heavy equipment and world-class facilities, PhilEco envisions itself to be the top waste management company in the Philippines, providing premium quality solutions to the complexities of the waste management industry with plans to expand in the ASEAN region in the years to come.