CABANATUAN City – Residents of this city could enjoy the dramatic decrease of garbage problem after P3-million material recovery facility (MRF) was opened, the city chief executive said on Wednesday.
Mayor Alvin Vergara who had been threatened with lawsuits for failure to totally close the open dumpsite in Barangay Valle Cruz said the MRF which was established in a two-hectare lot adjacent to the old site can accomodate the “urban waste.”
The city, he said, produces about 50 tons of garbage daily. But the volume, he said, would gradually go down as the government widens the implementation of the waste segregation from source or from the households.
“Ang dadalhin na lang dito ay urban waste,” said Vergara, saying the city government has also pressed for an adopt-a-barangay program where rural residents will be trained by duly assigned government offices, private entities and civic organizations.
These groups which will serve as “adoptive parents,” he added, will also help barangay officials in establishing their own MRF, as provided for by Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act.
The MRF features grinding and shredding machines.
“Ang mga basura ay talagang mapapakinabangan na. Gagawa dito ng organic fertilizer,” Vergara stressed.
Officials from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) lauded the local government, saying this will greatly contribute to the implementation of the law.
RA 9003 prohibits operation of open dumps, among others.
Edith Jongo, city information officer, said the city government recognizes the need for a concerted effort against global warming.
The establishment of the MRF and implementation of the adopt-a-barangay program, she said, are part of the campaign against global warming that impaired the Philippine ecological condition.
Mayor Alvin Vergara who had been threatened with lawsuits for failure to totally close the open dumpsite in Barangay Valle Cruz said the MRF which was established in a two-hectare lot adjacent to the old site can accomodate the “urban waste.”
The city, he said, produces about 50 tons of garbage daily. But the volume, he said, would gradually go down as the government widens the implementation of the waste segregation from source or from the households.
“Ang dadalhin na lang dito ay urban waste,” said Vergara, saying the city government has also pressed for an adopt-a-barangay program where rural residents will be trained by duly assigned government offices, private entities and civic organizations.
These groups which will serve as “adoptive parents,” he added, will also help barangay officials in establishing their own MRF, as provided for by Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act.
The MRF features grinding and shredding machines.
“Ang mga basura ay talagang mapapakinabangan na. Gagawa dito ng organic fertilizer,” Vergara stressed.
Officials from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) lauded the local government, saying this will greatly contribute to the implementation of the law.
RA 9003 prohibits operation of open dumps, among others.
Edith Jongo, city information officer, said the city government recognizes the need for a concerted effort against global warming.
The establishment of the MRF and implementation of the adopt-a-barangay program, she said, are part of the campaign against global warming that impaired the Philippine ecological condition.
