Solid waste commission hails Dagupan’s initiatives
THE commissioner of the National Solid Waste Management Commission hailed the agreement that the Dagupan City government entered into with Procter and Gamble for the construction of a Waste to Energy facility.
“Dagupan City has proven local government officials wrong who fail to act on their garbage problem citing huge expenses to be incurred in managing their wastes,” Lao said.
“Why was Dagupan able to find means, a solution? There’s a solution if we want to seek it,” he added.
He said Dagupan persistently pursued the project.
“You have a very good mayor here in Dagupan (Belen Fernandez) who really chased the project,” he said.
In contrast, he said about 100 local government units (LGUs) across the country are set to be charged for violation of Republic Act 9003 otherwise known as the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act.
Lao told local newsmen last week that these LGUs “are operating dumpsite and not doing anything about it and continually operate dumpsites which is a violation of law as our law states that by 2006, all dumpsites should have already been closed but unfortunately they continue to do so.”
He said the Ombudsman will be filing the cases against them for the continued operation of open and controlled dumpsites.
He said if proven guilty, mayors, vice mayors, the entire council and the environment officer face perpetual disqualification from holding public office depending on the severity of violation.
Soon, he said, barangay captains and barangay kagawads will be impleaded as well “because we saw that everything starts in the barangay level.” (Tita Roces)
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