Closure of landfill cell no. 1 pushed

BACOLOD. Councilor Carlos Jose Lopez. (File photo)
BACOLOD. Councilor Carlos Jose Lopez. (File photo)

THE Bacolod City Council approved a resolution urging the Solid Waste Management Board (SWMB), through its chairperson Mayor Evelio Leonardia, to form a technical working group (TWG) to prepare and implement a closure and rehabilitation plan for the sanitary landfill cell no. 1.

The resolution, authored by Councilor Carlos Jose Lopez, was approved during the regular session of the City Council Wednesday afternoon, June 23, 2021.

Lopez, chairperson of the City Council committee on environment and ecology, said the Bacolod City sanitary landfill cell no. 1 has received unsegregated wastes and already reached its maximum capacity. It has become an open dumpsite because of lack of maintenance, prompting the construction and operation of cell no. 2.

He said the matter was already discussed by the Environmental Management Bureau with the city SWMB and was advised that an updated Safe Closure and Rehabilitation Plan be submitted for further evaluation and assessment.

Lopez noted that Republic Act (RA) 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act provides that local government units shall be primarily responsible for the implementation and enforcement of the provisions of this law within their respective jurisdictions. It seeks to ensure the proper segregation, collection, transport, storage, treatment and disposal of solid waste through the formulation and adoption of the best environmental practice in ecological waste management.

Lopez said RA 9003, specifically Section 37, prohibits the continued use of open and controlled disposal facilities and requires that such must be closed and rehabilitated.

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