Malay to add P25 on environmental fee

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BY: Jun N. Aguirre
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Monday, July 3, 2017
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MALAY, Aklan – The Sangguniang Bayan of Malay is eyeing to add P25 on its current environmental fee soon.

Councilor Maylynn Aguirre-Graf, chair on committee on environment, said the P25 is on top of the P75 environmental fee being charged for non-residents of Aklan going to Boracay.

Aside from the environmental fee, a P100 terminal fee is also being charged by the Aklan provincial government to every tourist.

Graf said the additional fee will be used to purchase reusable canvass locally known as katsa as bags for tourists.

“If implemented, each tourist will then be receiving a recycled katsa bag. They can use such bags in their purchase of foods, souvenir items and others while they are in Boracay,” she said.

The local government has come up with the use of katsa bags as replacement to plastic.

By July 15, the use of plastics and styrofoam in the resort-island will be banned.

In a previous report, Councilor Jimmy Maming urged the residents of Boracay to support the enforcement of the ordinance which minimizes the use of plastic and styrofoam.

Violators will be fined P1,000 for first offense; P1,500 for second offense; and P2,500 and imprisonment of not less than one month or more than six months or both for the third offense.

Violating business establishments, meanwhile, will face cancellation of their permits to operate for a period of one year. (With PNA/PN)

 

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