DUMAGUETE CITY – The local government unit (LGU) of Dumaguete City, the capital of Negros Oriental, is eyeing other options for a sanitary landfill site as initial discussions for the facility in nearby Valencia town may not push through.
City Information Officer Rey Demecillo said Thursday that the city has now created a Technical Working Group (TWG) to look at other possibilities in the event the Valencia LGU will not push through with an earlier plan.
Earlier, Dumaguete Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo and Valencia Mayor Edgar Teves announced plans of establishing a common sanitary landfill at a sparsely populated or even an unpopulated area in Valencia.
The idea that was originally floated was for the other nearby LGUs such as Dumaguete, Bacong, and Sibulan to bring their garbage to the Valencia sanitary landfill for a fee.
However, Demecillo disclosed that it seems the plan may have some problems with “social acceptability,” with Valencia residents not keen on having the sanitary landfill in their town.
He said the Valencianons only wanted to use the sanitary landfill, if ever the LGU would establish one, for their own garbage.
Another possible site for the sanitary landfill for Dumaguete is being eyed in the city but Demecillo said it was still too early to disclose the location.
Meanwhile, Mayor Remollo has reiterated his administration’s efforts to build a sanitary landfill as early as possible as it is mandated by law plus the open dumpsite in Barangay Candauay was already outlawed. (PNA)
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