The 100-hectare Kalangitan Sanitary Landfill inside the New Clark City in Capas, Tarlac, will continue to operate for more than two weeks after the Metro Clark Waste Management Corp. (MCWMC) secured a 17-day temporary restraining order (TRO) against the Clark Development Corp. (CDC).
The local Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 66 issued an order extending the TRO until October 24 against the CDC, a Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) subsidiary, from taking over the facility. The same court initially issued a 72-hour TRO last week.
The MCWMC is seeking a permanent injunction against the BCDA and the CDC over the rights to the facility.
It maintains that the lease agreement with the CDC on the property is valid until 2049. However, the BCDA subsidiary said the contract expired on October 6, 2024.
The CDC’s decision not to renew the lease agreement is based on a legal opinion from the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC), the CDC’s statutory counsel.
The opinion states that extending the contract between CDC and MCWMC beyond its expiration would violate the Build-Operate-Transfer Law, which governs the bidding and awarding of contracts for this project.
The landfill has a daily waste collection capacity of 4,000 to 5,000 tons. It serves some 150 local government units in Central and Northern Luzon, including hospitals in Metro Manila and Baguio City.
