Bacolod City sets new garbage policy
02/26/2009 | 12:29 AM
BACOLOD CITY, Philippines — The city government will enforce the "no segregation, no collection" garbage policy starting April 1 pursuant to the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act.
Councilor Greg G. Gasataya, chairman of the environment committee, said the campaign would start in nine urban villages under the jurisdiction of the Our Lady of Fatima Parish, which implements its own solid waste management program.
The city government will enforce the policy due to a final notice from National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) sent last January on the city’s commitment to comply with the closure of a dump site in Barangay Felisa.
NSWMC Executive Director Gerardo Calderon said in a letter to Mayor Evelio R. Leonardia that reports dated Dec. 8, 2008 of the Environmental Management Bureau-Region 6 showed the city is still rehabilitating the dump site. - BusinessWorld
Councilor Greg G. Gasataya, chairman of the environment committee, said the campaign would start in nine urban villages under the jurisdiction of the Our Lady of Fatima Parish, which implements its own solid waste management program.
The city government will enforce the policy due to a final notice from National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) sent last January on the city’s commitment to comply with the closure of a dump site in Barangay Felisa.
NSWMC Executive Director Gerardo Calderon said in a letter to Mayor Evelio R. Leonardia that reports dated Dec. 8, 2008 of the Environmental Management Bureau-Region 6 showed the city is still rehabilitating the dump site. - BusinessWorld
