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THE Cebu City government would implement the Managing Special Waste ordinance or City Ordinance 2450 on the proper disposal of mercury waste, especially at the household level, according to former Cebu City councilor Nida Cabrera. The City…
How to get Cebu City residents to personally turn over their garbage to the collectors? How about giving them canned sardines? Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña disclosed his proposal to reporters, saying this may help the city…
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…
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…
For the last ten days, Cebu City has saved at least P250,000 from tipping fees since the reopened the Inayawan landfill. Department of Public Service officer-in-charge John Paul Gelasque told members of the media in Thursday that…
Now that the Inayawan landfill is “open for business” again, the enforcement of the “no segregation, no collection” policy/ordinance of the Cebu City government is not only critical but should be a public mandate for every city…
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…
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…
Local governments should partner with investors in building sanitary landfills in their respective areas, the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) said yesterday. PENRO chief Chad Estella said these public-private partnerships (PPP) can address “financial constraints”…
The Sinulog festivities left at least 110 tons of garbage, according to the Department of Public Service (DPS). But DPS head Dionisio Gualiza said this year’s garbage volume is lesser than last year’s 197 tons. The biggest…
No permit for collector PASSI due to ‘violations’; Where will waste go? More than 30,000 kilos of infectious waste from health care facilities across Metro Cebu have been uncollected for a month. The Environment Management Bureau (EMB)…
With Cebu City’s septic treatment plant (STP) going full blast on Thursday this week, the city government expects private septic haulers to stop dumping untreated waste in the city’s rivers and other waterways. “(With the formal opening…
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