SEMINARS on waste segregation at source beginning this week and expected to reduce by 50-70% garbage dumped at the Dampas waste facility would the city’s sustainable response to the worsening waste problem.
With the city’s 15 barangays estimated to dump an average of 100 tons per day, waste segregation at source is expected to cut on waste disposed and thus sustain the facility’s operations.
City Councilor Edi Borja bared this in reports just as the city council contemplates on buying a new bulldozer to immediately act on the complaints of piled garbage at the dumpsite access.
The single bulldozer used to push dumped garbage into the dumpsite pit was broken and a need to replace a spare part.
This has also temporarily suspended the smooth garbage facility operations. (PIA)