To reduce dependence on imported chemical fertilizer which costs the country P10 billion a year, Sen. CynthiaVillar launched three new organic
composting facilities in Bacoor City, Cavite province.
“The current global demand greatly affects the entry of fertilizer imports in our country. This caused limited local fertilizer supply that influenced the escalation of local prices,” said Villar, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food.
She related that the Philippines lost to super typhoon Ondoy the only producer of compost fertilizer in Leyte.
Villar has been allocating an annual budget for the procurement of composting facilities which are distributed nationwide by the Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM), an attached agency of the Department of Agriculture.
“Aside from the huge savings, a composting facility helps reduces the volume of trash thrown in dumpsites,” said Villar during the turn-over and launch of the three composting facilities in Brgy. Zapote 5, Bacoor City last Saturday.
“A composting facility turns bio-degradable wastes like kitchen wastes into organic fertilizer. Each composter can produce one ton organic fertilizer per month,” said Villar.
The senator has provided her home city of Las Piñas with 89 composting facilities which reduce the local government’s expenses on waste disposal, even saving P300 million a year.
She enjoins the public to share her passion to maintain a clean and healthy environment while giving jobs to our people and savings to the country.