By Dennis Abrina/PNA
SILANG, Cavite — Waste management will no longer be a problem for this municipality after its local government signed a memorandum of agreement (MOU) with Trashtalk Phil. (Waste Management and Green Solution Inc.) for the implementation of a green energy project.
Under the MOU forged on Tuesday, the investor Trashtalk will put up waste-to-energy facilities in Barangay Biluso for the biodegradable-to-energy plant that can be used by households, the national grid or independent power suppliers.
“It’s a big help to our town. It will address the pressing waste problem of our town and the whole nation, as well,” Mayor Lourdes ‘Omil’ Poblete said in an interview.
“We want the municipality of Silang to be the first local government unit to have a green energy project,” she said.
Plant construction will start this month and is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
The green energy project will be undertaken in cooperation with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Department of Science and Technology, and Department of Energy.
Dr. Crispina Corpuz, consultant to the mayor, said when this project goes in full operation, it will reduce by 30 percent to 40 percent some 150 tons of waste collected and will save about PHP20 million of the PHP80 million annual budget on waste.
The LGU this year will disseminate information on the project to 64 villages of the locality so the municipality can comply with the tons of waste requirement for conversion into energy.
