By
Gideon C. Corgue
BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur – The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB)-9 and the municipal
government here have formally opened the Material Recovery Facility (MRF) building
erected at this town’s Agro-Tourism Park.
EMB-9 Regional Director Jacqueline
Caancan said Bayog was one of the recipient-municipalities of a financial
assistance from the EMB through the National Solid waste Management Commission
(NSWMC) for MRF acquisition in 2014 amounting to P250 thousand.
Caancan
said the NSWMC had identified Bayog as one of municipalities in the region to
receive the MRF financial assistance for calendar year 2014 in order to
increase the waste diversion rate and strengthen the town’s waste management
practices.
“Part
of the EMB’s programs is to support the local government units (LGUs), which
have submitted their 10-year solid waste management plan by providing them
material recovery facilities.
Caancan lauded the municipal leadership
for playing the key role in the implementation of Republic Act (RA) 9003,
otherwise known as the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, and highlighting
the solid waste management initiatives.
For his part, Mayor Leonardo
Babasa Jr. thanked the EMB for the support extended to the municipality saying “the
facility is needed in the implementation of our solid waste management program.”
With the MRF, the municipality will now strictly
implement waste segregation in support of RA 9003.
Babasa said the LGU
adopted the best environmental practice by doing proper segregation,
collection, transport, storage and disposal of solid waste.
