Cebu City officials in charge of waste management want to charge higher collection fees for commercial establishments that generate large volumes of garbage. In last Monday’s Cebu City Council executive session Eduardo Rama Jr., head of the…
A forum is scheduled today with the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB-7) to resolve the issue of uncollected infectious wastes of healthcare facilities in Metro Cebu. Invited to the forum are representatives of hospitals, clinics, birthing homes and…
The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) said yesterday that it has issued a discharge permit and permit to operate for private waste management company Pollution Abatement Systems Specialist Inc. (PASSI). In a statement, Regional EMB-7 Director William Cuñado…
How does Cebu City plan to dispose of its garbage if it can’t pay tipping fees to transport trash? Only P51 million of the requested P122 million budget for tipping fees at a private landfill in Consolacion…
He walks the talk—and quite literally, too. Apart from being an incorrigible living and breathing environmentalist (he traded his car for the “luxury” of walking and considers picking up random rubbish for fun) who is gung ho…
A report about the imminent danger of a “garbage landslide” faced by around 70 families living at the Inayawan landfill brings to mind the July 11, 2000 Payatas tragedy. At least 300 people were buried under a…
It’s certainly not pleasant to hear people asking you if they can dump their garbage right in your backyard. That’s essentially Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama’s proposal to Talisay City Mayor Johnny delos Reyes after the mayor…
In this zero-waste declared month of January, a war on waste is looming between the cities of Cebu and Talisay. Cebu City Mayor Rama recently closed the Inayawan dumpsite (I refuse to call it a landfill as…
Only three out of Cebu City’s 80 barangays have makeshift material recovery facilities (MRF), making it difficult for the city government to reduce the volume of garbage it receives from city residents. “These are in Kalunasan, Apas…
Talisay City Administrator John Yre delos Reyes yesterday clarified that a plan to allow Cebu City’s trash to be dumped in the landfill in barangay Tapul, Talisay is not yet final. While mayors of the two cities…
Several Talisay city officials aren’t keen on letting Cebu city take its garbage problem to Talisay’s doorstep. A two-hectare landfill in barangay Tapul, Talisay is already nearing full capacity in two years, said Talisay Vice Mayor Romeo…
TO ease the problem of waste disposal, four barangays in Cebu City’s south district will pilot test a scheme to cluster the collection of garbage starting Monday. “We will pilot test four barangays that would be pooling…
