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BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
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ILOILO – For the first time, the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) will hold a “Solid Waste Summit” on Dec. 8.
The event aims to guide local government units in complying with the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, said Mitzie Peñaflorida, a senior environmental management specialist at PENRO.
Municipal and barangay officials and students are expected to attend, Peñaflorida said.
A representative from the Iloilo City Environment and Natural Resources Office will talk about the city’s sanitary landfill.
Under the Solid Waste Management law, local government units must put up their respective sanitary landfills.
Environmental Management Bureau regional director Jonathan Bulos, the guest speaker, will talk about “Safe Closure and Rehab of Disposal Site” and the establishment of an “Eco SWM (Solid Waste Management) Center” as alternative to sanitary landfill.
The Summit is just one of the activities in connection with the Provincial Solid Waste Awareness Week that started Monday, Dec. 5.
Others include a five-day exhibit of local products and recycled materials from the towns at the capitol ground on Bonifacio Drive, Iloilo City.
Twenty-two schools are joining an on-the-spot lantern-making contest, while capitol is leading a province-wide cleanup and the 2017 Search for Outstanding LGUs on Ecological Sustainable Management System.
Since September, the Environmental Ombudsman has been investigating officials in Santa Barbara, Banate, Ajuy, Concepcion, and Sara towns for violating the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act.
They were given six months to comply./PN
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