Composting site at SRP on Nov. 23

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/14/2015

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…

‘Council skirting budget issue with garbage problem’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/02/2015

NO one from the executive department will be allowed to attend the Cebu City Council’s hearings on the garbage problem, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said yesterday. Instead, the mayor said in yesterday’s press conference that the…

Official: City garbage disposal more efficient

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 10/30/2015

A City Hall official said the increased  volume of  garbage in Cebu City shows “more efficiency of collection”, not  failure of the city’s solid waste management program. Since September, no city funds have been spent for  garbage…

Stinking garbage

Editorial 10/28/2015

  One of the items included in that much-talked-about (at least in Cebu City) Supplemental Budget 1 (SB1) was the funds that will be used by the city government to pay the private haulers of garbage and…

Private firm eyed to build waste facility

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/09/2015

Cebu City Hall’s Solid Waste Management Board (SWMB) wants to hire a private firm to provide a Waste Transfer Station (WTS) for the city. In a recent resolution, the board recommended to Mayor Michael Rama to allow…

Reducing garbage

02/11/2015

With no viable landfill  in sight, businesses in Cebu City  have to take a  long, hard look at paying  fines of P500 or more if they don’t segregate their wastes. Jade Ponce, Mayor Michael Rama’s appointed chairman…

‘Basurero’ charging P6K to collect city garbage

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/05/2015

Not long after Cebu City closed its Inayawan landfill site in mid-January, enterprising groups have offered to collect garbage from business establishments, schools and hotels for higher fees. In yesterday’s Cebu City Council session, Councilor Gerardo Carillo…

Septage fees for haulers next month

Doris C. Bongcac 08/27/2014

The Cebu City government starts its collection of fees from private waste haulers into Cebu City’s septage plant next month. Lawyer Jade Ponce, head of the Solid Waste Management Board, said they are considering a fee of…

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