Price of Recyclables

Recyclable Items Examples Junk Shop Price Factory Price

Per kilo Per kilo
(estimated)

1. White Paper (used) Used bond paper ₱ 8.00 ₱ 9.00

2. Cartons (corrugated, Appliance boxes, ₱ 2.50 ₱ 3.00
brown) packaging boxes
3. Newspaper ₱ 4.00 ₱ 6.00

4. Assorted Papers / Mixed Colored papers, papers ₱ 1.50 ₱ 2.00

waste paper with heavy prints,
envelopes & others not
falling into the previous 3
categories
5. PET bottle
Clean w/o caps & labels Mineral water bottle, clear ₱ 16.00 ₱ 20.00
Unclean w/ caps & labels softdrinks bottle ₱ 12.00 ₱ 15.00
6. Aluminum cans Softdrink cans ₱ 50.00 ₱ 60.00
7. Plastic (sibakin) HDPE Food bottles used for ₱ 10.00 ₱ 13.00
vinegar, soy sauce,
ketchup, etc.
8. Plastic LDPE Ice cream & margarine lids ₱ 5.00 ₱ 10.00
9. Engineering plastics Computer & printer casing ₱ 10.00 ₱ 13.00
10. Copper wire
Class A (red color) Heavy duty wires used in ₱ 300.00 ₱ 350.00
aircons
Class B (reddish yellow Ordinary wire used in ₱ 250.00 ₱ 300.00
color) extension cords
Class C (yellow in thin Wire used in Christmas ₱ 150.00 ₱ 200.00
strands) lights
11. Steel
Iron alloys (bakal) Steel tubes used for ₱ 9.00 ₱ 12.00-14.00
plumbing
Stainless steel Pots & pans used for ₱ 60.00 ₱ 70.00
cooking
GI sheet Roofing sheets ₱ 7.00 ₱ 10.00
12. Tin can (lata) Sardine can, corned beef ₱ 3.00 ₱ 5.00
can, etc.
13. Bottles Liquor bottle
Emperador long neck Liquor bottle ₱ 1.50 ₱ 2.00
Emperador lapad Liquor bottle ₱ 0.75 ₱ 1.00
Ginebra gin ₱ 0.65 ₱ 1.00
Ketchup ₱ 0.25 ₱ 0.50
Softdrinks bottle ₱ 2.00 ₱ 3.00
14. Glass cullets (bubog) Broken glass bottles, ₱ 1.00/kg ₱ 5.00/kg
colorless
15. Old diskette ₱ 8.00 ₱ 10.00

16. Ink jet cartridge ₱ 100.00-300.00

17. Car battery ₱ 100.00 ₱ 11.50/kg

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Others:
Doy pack/Zesto packaging ₱ 0.20/pc.
-being bought by livelihood groups like Kilus Foundation to make into bags, wallets, etc.