Clark Freeport—The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Luzon want local government units, specially those surrounding the Clark Development Corp., to follow the government firm’s best practice of proper waste disposal to protect the people and the environment.
Lormelyn Claudio, DENR regional director, said the CDC waste disposal is the “best model that must be followed” by local governments in the region.
Claudio made the recommendation during the 21 ”Recyclables Collection Event and Proper Disposal of Hazardous Waste” at the Freeport, as she also urged the CDC to help local government units and partners on their proper waste disposal program.
Claudio envisions CDC, which manages the former American air force base here, to be the benchmark in environment practice in the region, including LGUs.
“There is urgent need to create awareness among the LGUs on how to recycle households waste in their respective communities,” she said.
Under the CDC program, waste materials, whether hazardous or non-hazardous, are segregated for proper disposal until they are sold to DENR-registered recyclers and treaters.
Hazardous materials are substances that harm people and the environment if not properly disposed by any company or person after being used.
This year’s event raised a total of P714,998 from sales of recycled waste materials, including busted bulbs and lamps, electronic waste, used lead acid batteries, used motor oil, and others.
The Freeport is the home of about 1,000 different companies and producers, mostly exporters and importers under the Clark Investor and Locators Association.
The annual event, a joint project of CDC, Environmental Practitioners and the DENR in Central Luzon, is now on its ninth year.
