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By Rey Anthony Chiu

Just as sanitary landfill projects across the country have considerable opposition, newly named Bohol environment officer believes operating the Metro Cluster Landfill in Alburquerque is still the most appropriate measure against our garbage woes.

Towns near the city have agreed to pool meager resources to put up a legal garbage disposal site in Alburquerque, thus the idea of the Metro Tagbilaran Cluster came.

Nestor Canda, the new Bohol head of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) aired his opinion during the recent Kapihan sa PIA which talked “Promoting Sustainable Tourism as a Strategy to Conserve the Coastal Environment.

The forum which was aired live over DyTR devoted precious airtime moments to discuss Bohol’s direst need for a sanitary landfill just as the country has outlawed the operation of open garbage dump sites by virtue of the Ecological Solid Waste Management (ESWM) Law.

In the last few weeks, newspapers in Bohol exposed the desire of the Dampas local government to close the open dumpsite in their district for health, economic and social reasons.

Dampas barangay Chairman Fredison Englis has pointed out that his barangay has the most school drop outs, attracted unwanted scavengers and aired health concerns as raised by his constituents. 

At the looming closure of the city dumpsite, garbage dumps sprouting in Bohol pose as the most logical thing for poorer local government units too cash strapped to operate a sanitary landfill as mandated by the ESWM Law. 

The same law vows to hail to court any local government units found with violations against it. 

A closure of the city dumpsite also means denying garbage from Panglao island, which unnecessarily makes Bohol beaches hit a garbage problem like Boracay. 

During the weekly PIA forum, Canda, who has barely two days since getting his working papers as OIC PENRO said he could understand Albur contra-position on the landfill.

“Not in my back yard”, he quoted a familiar Alburanon point against the landfill.

“But as long as people religiously segregate garbage and only residual wastes are brought for disposal, garbage should only amount to 10-15% of the total volume of waste generated daily,” he said citing a DENR study.

Canda said as long as the operators remain vigilant and strictly implement proper policies and monitor its compliance, nobody can just thrown anything in. 

“Given the proper transport practices with all safety measures on, the proper technology, we do not have anything to worry, he assured Boholanos.

As to the question of seepage, Canda explained that the clay dry lining as the landfill design shows would be more than enough to put environmental issues at rest.

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