BY BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
BORACAY – The local government of Malay hopes to start shipping residual wastes from this resort island to an engineered landfill before the end of August.
Engineer IV Arnold Solano, head of the Municipal Solid Waste and Management Board, said the residual wastes collected from Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in Brgy. Balabag and Manoc-Manoc would be transported by dump trucks and barges to a landfill near the boundary of the towns of Malay and Buruanga in mainland Panay.
"We are ready to transport the residual wastes when the weather cooperates. Our barges are stationed in Brgy. Manoc-Manoc,"” Solano added.
Solano claimed they conducted a “dry-run” two months ago, however, right-of-way problems and opposition of certain barangay officials contributed to the delay of the shipment to the engineered landfill in the mainland.
"We first settled the problems on the 3,500-square meter right-of way and completed the environmental requirements of the landfill before we decided to implement the shipment of the residual wastes," he said over the weekend.
Solano also stressed that the "closure of the open dumpsite in Sitio Pinaungon in Brgy. Balabag is necessary and is awaiting a multi-million grant from Japan government to rehabilitate the area to prevent the infiltration of leachate into the ground."
"It is better that the local government of Malay has opened an engineered landfill and relocate the dumpsite outside of the resort island to deal with the garbage problem," he pointed out.
The island, he said, with the support of Boracay Foundation Inc. (BFI) and the Boracay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) had embarked in a multi-million-garbage segregation program to address the worsening garbage problem.
Mayor Ceciron Cawaling earlier vowed to solve the garbage problem in the island by allocating funds for the construction of MRF and supported the BCCI two-year, P4-million project called "Eco-Campaign and Material Recovery Facility (MRF) for the residents and tourism related establishments, which was partially funded by a P2-million grant under Pearl 2 or Private Enterprise Accelerated Resources Linkages of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
Engineer IV Arnold Solano, head of the Municipal Solid Waste and Management Board, said the residual wastes collected from Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in Brgy. Balabag and Manoc-Manoc would be transported by dump trucks and barges to a landfill near the boundary of the towns of Malay and Buruanga in mainland Panay.
"We are ready to transport the residual wastes when the weather cooperates. Our barges are stationed in Brgy. Manoc-Manoc,"” Solano added.
Solano claimed they conducted a “dry-run” two months ago, however, right-of-way problems and opposition of certain barangay officials contributed to the delay of the shipment to the engineered landfill in the mainland.
"We first settled the problems on the 3,500-square meter right-of way and completed the environmental requirements of the landfill before we decided to implement the shipment of the residual wastes," he said over the weekend.
Solano also stressed that the "closure of the open dumpsite in Sitio Pinaungon in Brgy. Balabag is necessary and is awaiting a multi-million grant from Japan government to rehabilitate the area to prevent the infiltration of leachate into the ground."
"It is better that the local government of Malay has opened an engineered landfill and relocate the dumpsite outside of the resort island to deal with the garbage problem," he pointed out.
The island, he said, with the support of Boracay Foundation Inc. (BFI) and the Boracay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) had embarked in a multi-million-garbage segregation program to address the worsening garbage problem.
Mayor Ceciron Cawaling earlier vowed to solve the garbage problem in the island by allocating funds for the construction of MRF and supported the BCCI two-year, P4-million project called "Eco-Campaign and Material Recovery Facility (MRF) for the residents and tourism related establishments, which was partially funded by a P2-million grant under Pearl 2 or Private Enterprise Accelerated Resources Linkages of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
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