MANILA – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has instructed sanitary landfill operators across the country to prepare and submit contingency plans addressing fires and other emergency situations after conducting a recent review of waste disposal…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Landfills, long seen as a practical answer to growing waste, may instead be creating serious environmental and safety risks, a waste expert warned. Speaking at the “Solving the Twin Crises of Waste and…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — As Cebu, Mandaue, and Lapu-Lapu cities rely on Consolacion for garbage disposal, the town faces potential environmental and public health risks, prompting Mayor Teresa “Nene” Alegado to order stricter guidelines on waste hauling…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Garbage disposal in Bogo City will no longer be a problem after the local government inaugurated its sanitary landfill on Tuesday, September 23. The 7.2 hectare facility, that is located in Sitio Mohon…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Five days after the landfill in Barangay Tapul, Talisay City caught fire, some residents in several barangays in Minglanilla town have been complaining about the foul odor and smog from the area. On…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government is considering disposing the city’s garbage to a new prospective landfill in the neighboring town of Minglanilla in southern Cebu. Mayor Edgardo Labella said that the Minglanilla landfill had…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Binaliw landfill is situated in a protected area that has been identified by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources as part of the Butuanon Watershed. Lawyer Rey Gealon, Cebu City legal…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella said that the garbage of the city would be taken cared off despite the cancellation of the city’s contract with the Binaliw Landfill developer, ARN Central Waste Management…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Three years after its closure, the Inayawan landfill has yet to be rehabilitated as required by the writ of kalikasan issued by the Court of Appeals in 2016 and affirmed by the Supreme…
MANDAUE CITY, Philippines -Left with no other place to dispose the city’s garbage, outgoing Mandaue City Vice Mayor Carlo Fortuna is hopeful that Cebu City and Consolacion town will continue to accommodate the city’s trash. Fortuna said…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Binaliw landfill will be taking more trash from other towns and cities in Metro Cebu as its developer, ARN Waste Management Inc., is currently in talks with Lapu-Lapu City, Compostela town, Consolacion…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Binaliw landfill developers, ARN Builders, said they are working on the complaints of the Barangay Binaliw residents regarding the smell from the landfil, which they said actually came from the haulers delivering…
