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Workers at the Binan City Materials and Recovery Facility (MRF) load carts of collected volcanic ash from the recent Taal volcano eruption to process them and turn them into cement bricks in Binan
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Binan got coated with ash after nearby Taal Volcano erupted, but the local officials decided to put the dust to work rather than just cleaning it up
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The fine grey powder is being mixed with locally collected plastic waste, as well as sand and cement, to form about 5,000 bricks per day.
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The blocks will be used for local building projects.
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Biñan City Mayor Arman Dimaguila instructed the people not to water down the ashes and just put them in sacks so that it will not clog down their canals and drainage.
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'Instead of just piling up the ashfall somewhere, we are able to turn it into something useful. And it includes plastics, too,' said an environmental officer
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Bricks made of volcanic ash are laid out outside a brick-making facility in Binan, Laguna.
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Bricks made of volcanic ash are laid out outside a brick-making facility in Binan, Laguna.
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