City official says 2 bio-waste firms ‘could not cope’ with trash volume
Cebu City will continue clearing a one-hectare area near Pond A in the South Road Properties (SRP) for a composting site instead of using two private bio-waste facilities near the Inayawan Landfill which said their operations were not maximized.
Jade Ponce, head of the Solid Waste Management Board (SWMB), said the city had stopped contracting the services of the two facilities because they “could not cope” with the city’s volume of waste.
However, he said the city is willing to renew the services of Bio Nutrient Waste Management Inc. and EVO Ventures Inc. once they clean up their facilities and assure they can handle the job. He said he hasn’t heard from them yet.
“We had to stop because they couldn’t cope anymore. Their facilities were already full. They looked like a dumpsite and an extension of the landfill,” said Ponce.
The new composting site will operate by November 23, said Arlie Gesta, city environment officer.
In Wednesday’s executive session of the City Council, Emma Ramas of Bio Nutrient said they were told to stop operating last January when the Inayawan landfill was closed and the city stopped delivering biodegradable wastes. She said they were handling 60 tons a day but could expand to double capacity.
Edwin Ortiz of EVO Ventures converts trash to fuel but its Waste Transfer Station in Inaywan hasn’t been used as the city is using a different facility.
City Councilors expressed surprise that the two facilities, and the Mansei Recycle Sytems Co. plastic-to-fuel facility were operating below capacity for lack of garbage deliveries.