BACOLOD CITY– The City of Bacolod will begin penalizing violators of the waste segregation policy middle starting this October.
As of Friday, Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, chairman of Solid Waste Action Team, said that all the 61 villages have been reached by the information and education campaign after the “no segregation, no collection” rule took effect on September 1.
Barangay officials were also provided the schedules of garbage collection, he added.
Contracted garbage hauler IPM-Construction Development Corp. (IPM-CDC) collects biodegradable waste every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday, and non-biodegradable waste every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
“We will not issue a warning anymore,” Familiaran said, adding that unsegregated waste will not be collected. Fines range from P500 to P1,000.
“We need the cooperation of everybody for the implementation of Republic Act 9003 (Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000),” he added.
“The role of barangay officials is very important.Hopefully, we can educate our residents on how to segregate waste at source,” the vice mayor said.
The “Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000,” provides that local government units shall be primarily responsible for the implementation and enforcement of the provisions of this law within their respective jurisdictions.
The law seeks the adoption of a systematic, comprehensive and ecological solid waste management program that targets solid waste avoidance and volume reduction through source reduction and waste minimization measures while giving primordial consideration to and ensuring the protection of the public health and environment.
It also mandates to ensure the proper segregation, collection, transport, storage, treatment and disposal of solid waste through the formulation and adoption of the best environmental practice in ecological waste management excluding incineration. (PNA)
