Trash to Cashback · A program by BEST

Your trash has value.
Your community keeps it.

Bring your sorted recyclables to a collection point near you, earn Environmental Points on the spot, and redeem them as cashback at your neighbourhood stores — so the value of what you recycle stays in your community.

Find a center near you See how it works

Saving the environment while helping the community — one recyclable at a time.

A resident hands a bag of sorted plastic bottles to an attendant at a community collection booth
The moment it all turns: sorted bottles become Environmental Points. Illustrative scene; all program figures on this page are measured.
01 Three plain steps

Sort, exchange, redeem.

  1. Step 1 · Sort

    Separate your recyclables at home — paper, plastic, metal, glass. Clean and dry, in their own bags.

  2. Step 2 · Exchange

    Bring them to a collection point. Everything is weighed and recorded, and you earn Environmental Points instantly.

  3. Step 3 · Redeem

    Redeem points as cashback at partner sari-sari stores, pharmacies and neighbourhood shops.

How it works in detail
02 The system, end to end

Five pillars carry every kilogram.

Trash to Cashback is not a one-day drive — it is a complete loop. Each pillar exists because the one before it would fail without it.

01Segregate
02Exchange
03Redeem
04Collect
05Recycle
Walk the five pillars
03 Measured, never estimated

Every number comes from a weighed exchange.

30
cities with the program
339
collection points
23,700+
participating residents
4.18M kg
recyclables recovered

Figures reconcile to the BEST exchange ledger. The program also runs inside master-planned private estates, including Fort Bonifacio (Taguig) and the Ortigas Center.

See the measured results
04 Traceability & data integrity

Every kilogram is traceable — and counted once.

Behind every figure on this page is an unbroken chain of custody. Each kilogram keeps its origin — verified, recorded and reconciled — so a resident, an LGU or an auditor can trust the totals. They are not claims; they are accounted-for material.

  1. 1Collected

    Sorted material handed in at a collection point.

  2. 2Verified

    Weighed and checked at the point of exchange.

  3. 3Recorded

    Logged with its origin intact — one entry, one kilogram.

  4. 4Recycled

    Handed to a recycler, still traceable to source.

How traceability works
05 Who it serves

There is value here for you.

  1. Residents & familiesYour household trash pays you back.

    Sort at home, exchange at a nearby point, and redeem Environmental Points as cashback at neighbourhood stores. No fees, no forms.

  2. LGUs & barangaysHit RA 9003 targets, keep the value local.

    Diversion at source, delivered barangay by barangay — and because points redeem as cashback nearby, the value of your city's recyclables stays in your city.

  3. Business & institutionsGive CSR and EPR a number, not a photo op.

    Workplace drives, Eco-Warrior competitions and measured recovery your sustainability report can cite — weighed and recorded, never estimated.

For business & institutions
06 The company behind the program

Who is BEST?

Basic Environmental Systems & Technologies, Inc. (BEST) — Total Waste Solutions — has served Philippine communities since 1999 and is 75% owned by IPM Holdings, Inc. What makes it unusual is that it stands on every side of the waste problem at once: the developer that builds communities, the hauler that carries their waste, and the recovery operator that gives it somewhere better to go. Trash to Cashback is how that last role reaches your doorstep.

About BEST
07 Be part of the ecosystem

There is a place in the loop for everyone.

Whoever you are, here is your door in — and the good news: the hardest parts are already carried for you. Bring a bag to a center, partner your store, or bring the program to your whole community. Sort and exchange are yours; collection and recycling are on us.

Program office: 614 M. Lerma St., Brgy. New Zaniga, Mandaluyong City · +63 917 146 6753 · info@trashtocashback.com