CAINTA, Rizal – Following the local government’s decision not to renew the contracts of private hauling companies, the local government announced the strict implementation of Republic Act 9003, otherwise known as the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2001.
According to Mayor Elen Nieto, they are also taking over the garbage collection in the town as they have decided not to renew the contract of the private garbage haulers.
She also hinted at utilizing the expanded town’s materials recovery facility, which will serve as the central depot of the LGU-owned hauling trucks and earthmovers.
“Yes, we are taking over garbage collection too,” Mayor Nieto confirmed.
The local chief executive explained that the move will help the local government maximize its resources as "whatever savings” made would be used for medical and social service programs.
In an earlier statement, Atty. Keith Nieto in his capacity as municipal administrator, said that the local government has already invested on procuring 25 hauling trucks, even as he hinted at a ‘work-in-progress’ for the municipal materials recovery facility.
By next year, mag take over na ang munisipyo sa garbage collection natin.. at present, meron na tayong 25 trucks na nakahanda para sa transition,” Nieto said in a Facebook post.
“Pinaayos ni Mayor Elen ang Material Recovery Facility natin at pinasemento ang malaking bahagi nito para maging paradahan ng lahat ng equipment at trak ng munisipyo.. nung nakaraang huwebes, nagbuhos tayo sa lugar,” he added.
Other than MRF, the local government is likewise putting up its own recycling facility to reduce the volume of waste which will be brought to the government-designated engineered landfill in Morong, Rizal.
“Higit isang ektarya ito na binili ng munisipyo para maging recycling plant at equipment depot natin.”
RA 9003 provides for a comprehensive ecological solid waste management program by creating the necessary institutional mechanism and incentives.The same law also cites the need to reduce the volume of garbage by way of recycling, reusing and reinventing non-biodegradable garbage processed to produce byproducts.
Biodegradable wastes (such as food waste, garden waste, and animal waste) are converted into suitable beneficial use like fertilizer and fuel.
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