Power company acts to stop indiscriminate disposal of battery acid

To help protect the environment from indiscriminate disposal of sulfuric acid coming from old batteries, a power-generating company based in Misamis Oriental signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a recycling company and a non-governmental organization on Friday.

Steag State Power Inc. (SPI), Oriental Motolite Marketing Corp. (OMMC) and the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) have agreed to support the “Balik Baterya” Program and, at the same time support the Learning Enhancement and Assistance Package (Leap) for the youth.

SPI, since its operation eight years ago, has accumulated 660 of used lead acid batteries, as well as scrapped uninterruptible power- supply batteries, in different sizes, and has donated them to OMMC.

Read more: Butch Enerio, Business Mirror, p.A7, November 1, 2014