Puerto Rico residents generate between 11,000 and 12,000 tons of waste, or about five pounds per person, every day that goes straight to the island’s landfills. However, through the proposed Puerto Rico Resource and Renewable Energy Project, that habit can change and what is considered waste today could be recycled as fuel in the near future.
Looking to become “One with the environment,” FirstBank Puerto Rico launched a multi-pronged corporate responsibility campaign Wednesday using that very slogan.
Puma Energy Caribe, LLC has agreed to clean up the former Caribbean Petroleum Refining facility in Bayamón, and address environmental conditions at 147 gas stations throughout Puerto Rico under two agreements proposed Monday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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