DENR Supports Albur Landfill Project

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By Kit Bagaipo
The Bohol Chronicle

With the looming closure of the Tagbilaran City open garbage dumpsite, the new provincial chief environmental officer is pushing for the construction of the Cluster Sanitary Landfill in Albur town.

Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer (PENRO) Nestor Canda said operating a sanitary landfill in Albur is still the most appropriate measure on the garbage problem.

The city open dumpsite in barangay Dampas gets over 100 tons of solid waste daily from the city's 15 barangays. The towns of Dauis and Panglao are also disposing their garbage in said dumpsite.

Operating an open dump is already prohibited under the Ecological Solid Waste Management Law.

Residents in barangay Dampas expressed their desire to close down the waste disposal area due to health hazards and its location near groundwater sources.

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

[Macky Ferniz]

I also support this systematic method of disposing and composting waste. There should also be a garbage sorting station, where valuable recyclable materials shall be separated for re-sale and organic materials shall be composted to be sold as fertilizers in farms. Thus only non-biodegradable materials shall be dumped as solid waste.

This way, our city will dispose thier waste efficiently and get extra income from selling valuable recylable materials.

Last week was World Environment Day. I attended a seminar sponsored by Saudi Aramco for the Protection of Marine Life specially the corals. They stressed the importance of planting mangroves as life support and habitat for many marine life including migratory birds.

I received a cap and a coffee mug as souvenir, which I will take picture and post it here.