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The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) was awarded Asiawide Refreshments Corp. (ARC), the licensed manufacturer and distributor of RC, the blue rating award. The recognition given to the company for its successful compliance with the environmental standards set by the LLDA.

The blue rating award is a system used by LLDA to monitor the environmental performance of local government units and industrial/commercial enterprises, through its public disclosure program.  ARC, who have bestowed the said award for two consecutive years, is the only carbonated softdrink manufacturer who received the said recognition.

The LLDA program aims to reduce air and water pollution from industries. A blue or green (the highest) rating is an indication that the company meets, or even surpasses, the agency’s standard. Companies who fall short of the standard, or whose environmental efforts are inadequate or totally nil, are given a red or black rating.

ARC was to have been doing a lot of green projects for a long time now, they have supported initiatives such tree planting. “Since 2002, when we were first building the plant, we already took that in consideration of the overall design. We completed it in 2003. As our market share grew and our production volume increased, our efforts with LLDA compliance became more intense. That’s when they saw that we we’re complying,” said Butch Aves, VP-manufacturing/technical services of ARC.

The company earned the recognition for its waste water management which is in compliance with LLDA’s Environmental User Fee System with Wastewater Charge System of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources under the Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004.

Aves said that the company plant, located in Antipolo, discharges water into a stream, which inevitably flows into Laguna Lake. But the company’s treatment facility exceeds even the standards set by LLDA. The current standard is 50 mg/liter while ARC’s plant has a concentration of 35 mg/liter.