ILOILO – The province-wide post-election cleanup drive “Limpyo Eleksyon” has so far gathered 2,900 kilograms of campaign wastes in 43 towns and the component city of Passi.
According to Mitzi Peñaflorida, senior environmental management specialist of the Provincial Government Environment and Natural Resources Office (PGENRO), the wastes gathered so far were from the following districts:
* 1st District – 28 sacks of tarpaulins and plastic posters
* 2nd District – 967 kg of tarpaulins, plastic posters including bamboo poles, wires and binders
* 3rd District – 1,220 kg of tarpaulins and plastic streamers
* 4th District – 345 kg of plastics, bamboo poles and sticks
* 5th District – 284 kg of tarpaulins, plastic posters, bamboo sticks and staple wires
Peñaflorida said the Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Offices (MENROs) were tasked to determine which of the wastes collected could be recycled or disposed outright.
Those for disposal must be done so in accordance with Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 and Republic Act 6969 or the Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes Control Act of 1990, she stressed.
Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. ordered “Limpyo Eleksyon” via Executive Order No. 265 that made as partners for the cleanup national government agencies, local government units, political parties, party-list organizations, candidates and other entities that participated in the elections.
“Maayo kita sa aton mga kandidato nga manghukas sang mga ginbutang nga tarpaulins and dispose of them in the right manner,” said Defensor ./PN
