16 August 2005
OPINION: Bonuan dump rising again
The Pen Speaks
By Danny O. Sagun
WHAT happened to the ballyhooed waste segregation system in Dagupan City?
By Danny O. Sagun
WHAT happened to the ballyhooed waste segregation system in Dagupan City?
After the normal publicity gimmicks, the system seems to have been discarded and the old waste disposal practice returned to its “crowning glory” as evidenced by the growing volume of trash being dumped at the garbage site right there in Tondaligan, the city’s beach and picnic area.
Reggie Ubando of the Waste Management Division could only shake his head on why the dump there is now about 10 meters high and the heavy equipment at the site is already having difficulty moving the great volume of trash. We thought that practically no trash would ever land there anymore as much of the garbage, about 90 percent, would go to recycling and other useful means.
That was actually Ubando’s claim before when he made his pitch for the full implementation of the waste segregation system in this city of bangus.
We would usually pass by the Bonuan road every Thursday morning on our way to Radyo ng Bayan-DZMQ for our weekly Pantongtongan Tayo program. We could smell the stench coming from the site. Afternoons, we could see black smoke, apparently, from the trash being burned.
Why? Is it not illegal to burn even a little trash in our backyard now per the Clean Air Act?
We heard Ubando one morning over radio chiding the community environment and natural resources (CENRO) office for failing to take action against the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Dagupan branch for the agency’s act of burning trash, i.e. the fallen leaves of the trees which abound in its compound. He also took to task the BSP for violating the law.
Now, might we ask: Just who’s burning those garbage at the Tondaligan dumpsite anyway?
Reggie Ubando of the Waste Management Division could only shake his head on why the dump there is now about 10 meters high and the heavy equipment at the site is already having difficulty moving the great volume of trash. We thought that practically no trash would ever land there anymore as much of the garbage, about 90 percent, would go to recycling and other useful means.
That was actually Ubando’s claim before when he made his pitch for the full implementation of the waste segregation system in this city of bangus.
We would usually pass by the Bonuan road every Thursday morning on our way to Radyo ng Bayan-DZMQ for our weekly Pantongtongan Tayo program. We could smell the stench coming from the site. Afternoons, we could see black smoke, apparently, from the trash being burned.
Why? Is it not illegal to burn even a little trash in our backyard now per the Clean Air Act?
We heard Ubando one morning over radio chiding the community environment and natural resources (CENRO) office for failing to take action against the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Dagupan branch for the agency’s act of burning trash, i.e. the fallen leaves of the trees which abound in its compound. He also took to task the BSP for violating the law.
Now, might we ask: Just who’s burning those garbage at the Tondaligan dumpsite anyway?
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Barangays are supposed to dispose of their own garbage, right? How would they do it other than burning those that could not be recycled? At this point we really do not know if all of the city’s barangays have adopted the method used by a barangay in Calasiao which has earned national attention.No amount of publicity will make the waste segregation system work unless it is strictly and fully implemented. We could not just allow the old practice to return, considering the city’s sad experience on waste disposal particularly at the dumpsite.
And to think that up to now, the proposed modern landfill type in barangay Awai in San Jacinto is yawning from unuse. It seems the city government has changed its mind on how to make use of that land. Convert it into a watershed and forest park? Well, just do it. Residents there will pose no objection, we suppose.
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If their is a law that cover the situation, why not enforce the law. You know, we have so many law enacted but not enforced. But if enforced, it is only to the poor people. To date I have not seen Big Time person who is put to jail. We are the laugh stock of the whole world especially in righ countries. Phil. is good only in paper and talking but no action. Wake up Juan del Cruz. Change your style in picking your leader to govern. Lahat sila hanggang ngayon wala pang matino sa serbisyo. Matino sila sa kanilang bulsa. This is what the pledge after their oath taking.
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