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The Quezon City administration inaugurated the nation’s inaugural textile circularity center in Payatas on Thursday, a facility that converts discarded materials into premium goods, addressing the escalating textile pollution while creating job opportunities for the local populace.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The center is named the QC-Anthill Circularity Hub and is strategically located within the Payatas Controlled Disposal Facility (PCDF), which was previously recognized as a trash site but has been converted into an ecological park.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cTextile waste is frequently ignored, yet it ranks as one of the rapidly expanding forms of urban refuse,\u201d Mayor Maria Josefina \u201cJoy\u201d G. Belmonte remarked during the inauguration.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWith the Circularity Hub, we are demonstrating that sustainability can be both innovative and enabling.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This facility was made viable through a collaboration between the city government, Anthill, a social and cultural organization based in Cebu, and the Pilipinas Shell Foundation.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Various entities, including the Maybank Foundation and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), will also assist in enhancing artisans’ skills.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Joy Anya Lim, co-founder of Anthill, stated that twenty artisans from Payatas will partake in a three-month training program with daily remuneration.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Subsequent to the training, ten artisans will enter a six-month probation phase, after which they may transition to full-time roles at the facility.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe are not merely championing sustainability by eliminating this waste, but we are also offering a viable livelihood for these women, most of whom are mothers,\u201d Ms. Lim conveyed to <\/span>BusinessWorld<\/span><\/i> in a blend of English and Filipino.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n