BACOLOD CITY -- The city will implement waste segregation starting September 1 with barangay officials expressing support to the solid waste management program.
The Solid Waste Action Team, chaired by Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, emphasized the vital role of the barangays in the implementation of the “no segregation, no collection” policy.
“We hope to educate our residents on how to segregate waste at source,” the vice mayor said.
Familiaran said once the policy is enforced, garbage collectors will not pick up the unsegregated wastes of households or business establishments.
Barangay 13 village chief Tanya Familiaran, vice president of the Liga ng mga Barangay, said an information campaign among their residents was conducted in preparation for the implementation.
The vice mayor said proposals are being solicited from the 61 barangays for the hosting of shredding machines as part of the waste segregation policy.
Three barangays already submitted proposals namely, Alangilan, Cabug and Pahanocoy.
Smaller barangays can submit a proposal to jointly host a shredding machine, said Familiaran, who met with the village chiefs at the Bacolod Government Center on Wednesday.
Also present were representatives of supplier RU Foundry and Machine Shop Corp., which delivered 14 units of shredding machines with a total cost of PHP5 million.
The supplier discussed how to operate the machine and the economic benefits it will bring to the residents.
Shredded biodegradable waste will be collected by trash hauler IPM-Construction and Development Corp. and will be brought to the City Agriculture Office for use in organic farming.
“We need the cooperation of everybody for the implementation of Republic Act 9003 (Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000),” Familiaran added.
The “Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000,” provides that local government units shall be primarily responsible for the implementation and enforcement of the provisions of this law within their respective jurisdictions.
The law also 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 excluding incineration.(PNA)
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