MBTF signs MOA for Waste to Energy project
BALON DAGUPAN NEWS
IN compliance with Republic Act 9003, also known as the “Ecological Solid Waste Management Act”, Mayor Belen T. Fernandez and the SURE Global Waste to Worth Innovations entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on August 10 to improve the city’s solid waste management and end the operation of the 50-year-old open dumpsite in Tondaligan.
The MOA was signed by Jill Boughton, president and Chief Executive Officer of SURE Global W2W Innovations; Paul Puthenpurekal, director of SURE Global W2W Innovations; City Legal Officer Victoria Cabrera and Fernandez in a fitting ceremony held at CSI Stadia.
Mayor Belen Fernandez (2nd from left, seated) and Jill Boughton (2nd from right, seated), president and Chief Executive Officer of SURE GlobalW2W Innovations, give the thumbs up after signing the agreement. They are joined by Paul Puthenpurekal (right, seated), director of SURE GlobalW2W Innovations, City Legal Officer Victoria Cabrera, Councilors Marcelino Fernandez, Marvin Fabia, Jeslito Seen, Alvin Coquia, Jose Netu Tamayo, Maybelyn DC Fernandez, Dennis Canto and former councilor Carlos Reyna. (CIO photo by Jojo Tamayo)
The W2W Project, especially designed for Dagupan, underwent a series of feasibility analyses under the auspices of Procter and Gamble and the Asian Development Bank. It aims to deliver an economically viable, environmentally sound and fully compliant with environmental controls and guidelines.
“Finally, after hard work and dedication, we can now make our city MRF and garbage free and the cleanest city if not in the region in the whole country. This is for the people of our city,” said Fernandez.
In the whole country, Dagupan is just among the three recipients of the project in line with the Procter and Gamble Company’s W2W project.
Crispian Lao of the National Solid Waste Management Commission, who witnessed the signing of the MOA, commended the project and said that if Dagupan can treat 30 tons of waste, there’s no other reason for other Local Government Units (LGU) not to properly dispose off their waste.
Lao noted that at least Dagupan is doing something to address its waste problem.
OPEN DUMPSITE TO BE CONVERTED INTO A PARK
After the MOA signing, Boughton hopes the project to start the soonest.
“We will now consult with our engineering people to do the preparations, which will probably take a year before we can proceed with the groundbreaking of the project,” assured Boughton.
Once the W2W facility becomes operational, the city’s 50-year-old dumpsite will be closed and will be transformed into a park.
In anticipation of the volume of garbage needed for the operation of the facility, the city has already purchased 10 mini-dump trucks to haul 30 tons of garbage from various parts of the city. (Joseph C. Bacani/CIO)
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