City to adopt new garbage collection scheme

ILOILO CITY, July 30 (PNA) – The city government here will adopt the garbage collection scheme that was found to be effective in Japan likewise in the cities of Marikina and Quezon in the Philippines.

Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog  announced  Wednesday that the city “will forego the use of barangay material recovery facility (MRF)” and instead a new collection scheme will be adopted.

The MRF, according to Mabilog, instead of serving its purpose has become eyesores if the garbage will be left uncollected.

Under the new collection scheme, all recyclables will be collected during Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays while Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays will be the collection day for biodegradables.

A truck will collect garbage based on the assigned date unlike before when the collection of bio and non-biodegradable wastes was done daily.

He added that the technical working group of the Solid Waste Management Board (SWMB) will have to meet and discuss the implementation which is initially slated middle of August.

It will be implemented first at the City Proper district, especially the central business district (CBS) and from there it will be refined for its citywide implementation.

“Hopefully this can help in the efficiency of waste segregation at the Calajunan (dumpsite),” the mayor said. (PNA)
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