The University of Cebu-Maritime Education and Training Center (UC-METC) conducted its own community and extension services to Barangay Tominjao, Daanbantayan, Cebu, a northern town and a 3.5 hours drive from Cebu City. Through the Municipal Environment and Natural Resource Office (MENRO) and the Barangay officials of the said Local Government Unit, the activities were held successfully in time for the Earth Day Celebration on April 21-22, 2012. Through its various programs, the University Team of 35 personnel with some family members led by its Campus Academic Director Capt. Arnel M. Malaga, offered free seminars on basic culinary arts, maritime entrance tests for upcoming college students in the area and solid waste management orientation (UC-SWAPP Satellite Office). The whole day affair was culminated by planting 150 mangrove seedlings including three sacks of propagules. The barangay leaders of Tominjao allotted an area for UC in the mudflat area near the coast for the expected regular visit of the UC Team in the future for community outreach.

On November 25, 2011, more than 500 cadets from UC-METC and other schools in Cebu attended the waste management seminar at Capt. Susifatro Abella Gymnasium at UC-METC. Of the total students attended the seminar, around 30 students from UC-METC under the CARES program had been sworn in as junior members of SWAPP. The resource speakers from SWAPP and UC-METC took turns in trying to educate the students on the basic solid waste management principles and related topics such as climate change, disaster risks and waste management onboard ships specially presented by UC-METC Campus Director Capt. Arnel N. Malaga.

At the end of the seminar, about 30 Maritime cadets under the CARES program was sworn as junior SWAPP Chapter members The overall goal of SWAPP is to develop the young students as SWAPP trainers and advocates of solid waste management in their campus and in other school as well.