Guba lot eyed for P4.8B waste-to-energy facility in Cebu City

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 02/10/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Private proponents of the proposed P4.8 billion waste-to-energy (WTE) facility in Cebu City have considered a location in Barangay Guba in Cebu City as a possible project site. Lawyer Collin Rosell, secretary to…

Cebu province’s 1st waste-to-energy facility gains grounds

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/18/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu Provincial Government has officially entered into an agreement with a private consortium for the construction of a waste-to-energy (WTE) facility, which, upon completion, will also be the province’s first. The Capitol…

Capitol wants to put up a waste-to-energy facility

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/23/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Provincial government wants to convert trash from all municipalities and cities into something useful. Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia revealed her interest in having a waste-to-energy facility during her recent meeting with Swedish…

Cebu City, private firm ink deal for waste-to-energy project

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 09/22/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — By 2025, a waste-to-energy (WTE) facility will rise and operate in Cebu City. This was the target set after Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama signed on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022, the Joint Venture…

Cebu City tackles solutions in solid waste management on summit day 2

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/07/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City is now tackling solutions for the waste management problem in the second day of its Solid Waste Management Summit.  The three-day summit hopes to gather solutions to the perennial garbage problem. …

Partido Lakas Ng Masa candidates Bello, Espiritu back Carbon vendors, denounce WTE project

Jewil Anne Tabiolo 03/29/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Several national candidates vowed to bring local issues to the national scene like the modernization of the Carbon Public Market and the proposal to put up a waste-to-energy (WTE) facility if elected in…

Ecowaste Coalition to Rama: Don’t approve WTE JVA

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/12/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Various environmental groups in the country are urging Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama not to approve the Waste to Energy (WTE) Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) with New Sky Energy Philippines. The City Council…

Cebu City Administrator: JVA for WTE incinerator ‘toughly’ reviewed

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Administrator Floro Casas, Jr., assured the public that the proposed joint venture agreement (JVA) with an international company offering waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration facilities will be thoroughly reviewed for the best interest…

Waste-To-Energy is NOT Zero-waste

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 12/19/2019

Local government units (LGUs) in Cebu and in other parts of the country should better think twice in entertaining notions of hosting polluting waste-to-energy (WTE) facilities, without being held accountable. By embarking on WTE as a quick-fix…

Binaliw landfill to take more trash from Metro Cebu

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/14/2019

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…

Binaliw landfill developer: We’re working on the ‘bad’ smell

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/14/2019

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…

Gwen backs LRT, waste-to-energy solutions

Micah Sophia C. Marcellones and Doris Mae C. Mondragon 04/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Metro Cebu has to keep up with the volume of traffic. This was according to Gubernatorial Candidate and incumbent Cebu Third District Representative Gwendolyn Garcia, in a forum discussing key issues in Metro…

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