BAGUIO CITY—The city government needs at least P300 million to build the required access road from Barangay Camp 7 leading to the portion of the 30-hectare city-owned property in Sto. Tomas school area previously identified as the proposed site for the multi-functional integrated solid waste disposal facility.
The facility is expected to solve the existing waste problem of the city and reduce the expenses currently incurred in hauling the city’s residual waste to the engineered sanitary landfill in Capas, Tarlac.
Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan said the local government will have to heavily invest on the infrastructure component that will facilitate the establishment of the solid waste disposal facility.
“We have to be decisive on the matter. A facility within the city will allow the city government to have full control operations. This will translate to improved disposal of the city’s waste,” said Domogan.
Based on the latest Waste Analysis and Characterization Study conducted by the National Solid Waste Management Commission, a total of 502 tons of assorted waste is generated daily by the city. Of this, 160 tons are hauled out of the city into the Capas landfill. The city spends P70 million to P100 million annually for this.
Under the proposed integrated solid waste disposal facility, the city plans to put up a temporary engineered sanitary landfill to be used to accommodate the waste generated by the city.
A waste-to-energy facility would be built, coupled with the inclusion of the operation of the two multi-million Environmental Recycling System machines, an anaerobic digester and the technology that will treat hazardous hospital and medical waste, all in one area.
According to him, only 2 hectares out of the 50 hectares initially identified by the city’s technical team as the site of the facility will actually be used to accommodate all the integrated solid waste disposal equipment considering that their operations complement each other.