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Thursday, January 20, 2005
City opens new dumpsite
MAYOR Evelio Leonardia inaugurated the new temporary dumpsite in Barangay Felisa Wednesday.
With the mayor were Nonoy Lopez and family, the owners of the three lots donated to the city.
Also present were City Administrator Lorendo Dilag and City Legal Officer Allan Zamora, department heads and barangay officials.
Leonardia thanked the Lopezes for their generosity and civic-mindedness for donating to the city the three lots of their property in Felisa.
The mayor lauded the barangay officials for their vigilance and broadmindedness in accepting the city's proposal.
Leonardia also cited the important contribution of Engr. Max Sillo and Liaison Coordinators Nelson Sedillo and Butch Soliguen who composed the task force in finding the location for the new dumpsite.
Leonardia said this new location is only temporary as the ultimate goal as the Solid Waste Management program is a permanent landfill, which is a requirement of DENR.
Even in the United Nations, concern has been aired on the big role of garbage mismanagement on the depletion of the ozone layer.
Lopez said he and his family donated the lots to the city not only for the sake of Leonardia but also for the welfare of the people.
Lopez expressed his amazement at some people who bring politics into projects like the dumpsite and Solid Waste Management when the election has long been over.
'Sustain project'
Mike Baylon, Pera sa Basura advocate, on the other hand, urged waste generators to promote and sustain the solid waste management to prolong the new dumpsite's life span.
Baylon, waste segregation committee chairman of the Solid Waste Management Board in Bacolod, said the residents are mandated to practice the waste segregation pursuant to Republic Act No. 9003, the Philippine Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000.
It is suggested that sorting should be into three types: recyclables, biodegradables and residual wastes with barangays handling at their respective material resource facility.
Baylon said waste segregation does not require a lot of time and money, however, once the residents have the knowledge of 3 Rs (reuse, reduce, recycle) and the 4th R for "rot" or composing, they turn garbage into gold.
(January 20, 2005 issue)
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