Instead of throwing them away, confiscated campaign materials all over the metropolis will be put to good use. Yesterday, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) turned over campaign tarpaulins to environmental watchdog, EcoWaste Coalition to recycle them into coin purses, baskets, and grocery bags. RECYCLABLE MATERIALS — Personnel of the MMDA prepare to load into dump trucks campaign posters which were torn down from Quezon City and Manila areas outside the Commission on Elections (Comelec) designated common poster areas. (John Jerome Ganzon) The tarpaulins were among the truckloads of illegal campaign materials and “epal” posters torn down by the MMDA from foot bridges, lampposts, cable wires and trees following the launch of the “Operation Baklas” last February 9. “Epal” is street lingo derived from the Filipino term “papel” or “pumapel” which means one who likes to be given special attention. MMDA general manager Corazon Jimenez said they expect the number [...]
