Search for model barangay on eco-waste system
LINGAYEN – The second round of the nationwide Search for Model Barangays on Eco-Waste Management System will be launched on October.
 This was announced by lawyer Zoilo Andin, executive director of the National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC), during the two-day provincial summit on Solid Waste Management hosted by the provincial government recently in preparation for the national event.
The second nationwide search is a continuation of the search launched in 2004 when Pangasinan’s entry, the Material Recovery Facility of Barangay Bued in Calasiao, was cited as the fourth best. More than 1,000 barangays all over the country participated in the search.
Barangay Bued, through Bara Captain Carlito Dion, received a mini-dump truck as additional prize from Gov. Victor Agbayani.
The holding of the two-day summit was conceptualized by the governor to encourage other barangays to participate in this year’s search.
Landin said the search aims to recognize and qualify the efforts of barangays nationwide which have successfully implemented the R.A. 9003 otherwise known as Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 and to provide incentives for those who have excelled.
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