Then and now

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 08/14/2016

Any news about Inayawan landfill — whether about it operating beyond its carrying capacity, its closure or re-opening — makes me sigh, because of countless opportunities lost through the decades of inaction and apathy. Inayawan is symbolic…

Maximizing the landfill

Editorial 08/11/2016

A two-part report in Cebu Daily News on the state of Cebu City’s garbage problem showed three factors that contributed to its current condition: lack of trucks and personnel, lack of discipline in implementing a genuine waste…

Tomas to lease five dump trucks to collect garbage

07/08/2016

CEBU City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said he plans to lease five dump trucks to augment his administration’s garbage collection efforts. He said the dump trucks will be leased 24/7 and the supplier would provide the driver and…

P250K saved daily with landfill reopening

07/07/2016

THE Cebu City government has saved at least P250,000 a day on tipping fees alone with the reopening of the Inayawan sanitary landfill. John Paul Gelasque, Department of Public Services head, said that with the average daily…

Cebu City’s garbage volume dropped

07/01/2016

The volume of garbage that was collected days after the opening of Inayawan Sanitary landfill was less than half of the 800-ton waste collected on opening day, which was attributed to the strict implementation of the waste…

Inayawan landfill reopening July 5

06/28/2016

THE Inayawan landfill will reopen next Tuesday after Cebu City Hall complied with the requirements for its reopening set by the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB). Cebu City Acting Mayor Margot Osmeña said she and outgoing Cebu City…

Inayawan landfill remains closed

Nestle L. Semilla, Rabboni Centino Borbon 06/22/2016

Cebu City gov’t to comply with EMB requirements before reopening site Cebu City Acting Mayor Margarita Osmeña said yesterday that the Inayawan sanitary landfill would remain closed until the city government could comply with the Department of…

Cebu City gov’t to reopen Brgy. Inayawan landfill

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Nestle L. Semilla 06/17/2016

Councilor Cabrera: City can reopen landfill without EMB-7’s permission Whether the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) 7 give their permission or not, the Cebu City government will still re-open the sanitary landfill at…

Inayawan landfill may open next week, Margot says

Nestle L. Semilla 06/16/2016

The Inayawan landfill site may open next week to accommodate the 300 tons of garbage discharged by the city every month. In yesterday’s press conference, Cebu City Acting Mayor Margot Osmeña told reporters that work on reopening…

Re-opening of Inayawan landfill highly possible – Margot

Nestle L. Semilla 06/16/2016

Cebu City mayor-elect Tomas Osmeña will re-open the Inayawan sanitary landfill once he assumes office at the end of the month. In a press conference, acting mayor Margot Osmeña told reporters that re-opening of the Inayawan landfill…

Costly garbage disposal

Editorial 06/07/2016

Incoming Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s declaration that the arrangement between the outgoing administration and private landfill operator Asia Energy Systems Corp. based in Consolacion town is illegal makes us wonder how he will deal with the…

Landfill site eyed in Carmen town

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/05/2016

With no sanitary landfill, towns and cities in Cebu province are resorting to dumping their garbage in commercial facilities which are costly or in open dumpsites, a practice that is already prohibited by law. The Cebu provincial…

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