QUEZON City has been spending so much to address its garbage problem, according to the Commission on Audit.
In a consolidated statement of income and expenses dated July 29, the city government “burned” P1,014,195,457 for its waste management and disposal last year, COA said.
The city government budgeted P338.06 for each one of its estimated three million residents for garbage management, CoA said, citing a P110.48-million increase from two years ago when the hauling contracts cost the city P903.715 million.
Quezon City, the biggest local government unit in Metro Manila, is spending almost twice the amount on garbage hauling contracts compared to Manila whose CSIE showed it paid out P512.564 million. Makati City, the country’s business and financial hub, came in at third at P440.15 million.
“That’s really the amount needed to haul and manage a city with 3.1 million residents that produce 2,000 metric tons to 2,500 metric tons of wastes daily,” Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista told The Standard in a text message.
