THUMBS-UP FOR RECYCLING: Senator Pia Cayetano (3rd from left), Co-Chairperson of the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on Solid Waste Management and Rep. Belma Cabilao (1D, Zamboanga Sibugay), Co-Chairperson for the House of Representatives, give the thumbs-up sign for recycling in front of a giant stack of used plastic bottles. The committee recently visited Metalwealth Inc., one of the country's biggest plastics recycling plant in Quezon City. With them are (from left to right): Walter Siy of Metalwealth, Rep. Mitch Cajayon (2D, Caloocan City), Rep. Edno Joson (1D, Nueva Ecija) and Crispian Lao of the Philippine Plastics Industry Association.