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Friday, September 19, 2003
Councilor cuts budget for landfill deodorizer
By Gingging A. Campaña
HEEDING suggestions from his colleagues on the excessive budget of deodorizers for the Inayawan sanitary landfill, Cebu City Councilor Nestor Archival reduced his proposed purchase of P300,000 worth of deodorizers to P100,000.
Archival moved for the approval last Wednesday of the purchase for the 120 gallons of garbage deodorizer “to eliminate odor and prevent proliferation of disease- carrying vermin” in the dumping site.
The deodorizer is also needed in spraying the garbage trucks after dumping refuse in the landfill.
Few stocks
Norman del Mar, an engineer assigned at the dumpsite in Barangay Inayawan, said the remaining stocks of disinfectant were only good until last Wednesday.
He had requested P300,000 to be charged against the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) funds for the purpose.
Del Mar, in his letter to Mayor Tomas Osmeña, said that spraying deodorizer on the garbage is required in the environment compliance certificate issued by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
Right way
But Councilor Danilo Fernan said that if only the City operates the facility the right way, filling materials like diorite will do.
Fernan said using the filling materials to cover the smell of the garbage will break down wastes, unlike disinfectants that are made of volatile chemicals.
Councilor Jocelyn Pesquera disagreed. Filling materials, she said, will only add to the volume of garbage in the landfill and unlike deodorizers, these will not reduce the smell.
Councilor Gabriel Leyson suggested that the City can save a lot of money if it makes its own deodorizer by using a solution that has been recommended by Japan.
The solution is now sold in the market at a cheaper price.
“If mixed with a brown sugar and soya beans and fermented, the solution can produce its own good bacteria to kill the bad bacteria in the garbage and remove the smell,” Leyson said.
Amendment
Councilor Archival then amended his proposed resolution to only 40 gallons instead of 120.
“I just decided to reduce the purchase following their concerns and also Councilor Leyson’s suggestion on the good bacteria solution. But we need the deodorizer now because of the rainy season. Heavy rains could worsen the smell and we lack filling materials for now,” Archival told Sun.Star in an interview.
(September 19, 2003 issue)
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