Cagayan de Oro City now has a ten-year Solid Waste Management Plan.
The City Council headed by Vice Mayor Raineir Joaquin Uy enacted Ordinance No. 13130-2016, approving the 2014-2024 Solid Waste Management Plan, as endorsed by the City Solid Waste Management Board.
According to the CSWMB, this is in line with Section 166 of Republic Act 9003, otherwise known as the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, which provides that the city shall prepare the plan to ensure the efficient management of solid waste with emphasis on the reuse, recycling and composting program with landfill identification for residual waste.
It also aims to build community awareness and encourage greater stake-holder’s participation of the need to minimize the generation of waste and disposable practices.
In the 10-year SWM plan, the city hopes to have 90-percent diversions by the end of 2014, to establish Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in 40 barangays by the end of 2018. (sp)
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