THE IPM-Construction and Development Corp. (IPM-CDC) already submitted its proposal to Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia to purchase a property to be used as a sanitary landfill of Bacolod City through public-private partnership (PPP) ventures with the city government.

Horrace Yap, consultant of IPM-CDC, on Wednesday, August 11, 2021, said their proposal was already at the City Mayor’s Office and they are only waiting for the reply of the mayor.

“We are just waiting for the go signal of the mayor to start the discussion of the PPP’s proposal,” he said.

He added the IPM-CDC plans to purchase 20 to 22 hectares for the city’s sanitary landfill so that it will last long.

Yap noted the 20 hectares will be used for the new sanitary landfill including a warehouse for segregation purposes and the remaining two hectares will be utilized for the hospital wastes.

Yap said the IPM-CDC will shoulder all the expenses for the city’s sanitary landfill including the acquisition of the property.

Once the PPP’s proposal will be approved, he said they will close the existing sanitary landfill since it’s already full of garbage.

Mayor Evelio Leonardia earlier said cell no. 2, with a short life span of two to three years, is smaller than cell no. 1, which will last for five to seven years. After its completion, the city needs to strictly enforce the waste segregation policy.

In 2018, the city government implemented the “no segregation, no collection” policy, but the program was a failure because residents were still not observing the proper ways of disposing of garbage.

Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, chairman of Solid Waste Action Team, earlier said most of the city residents were not complying with the waste segregation and that Bacolod is still zero in terms of compliance.

He said based on the report of the garbage hauler IPM-CDC, majority of the households in various villages were not compliant.