Mayor Belen to Chile to address world confab
CITY Mayor Belen T. Fernandez will leave for Chile to address more than 400 leaders from government, academia and civil society from around the world at the second “Our Ocean” Conference at the Sheraton Miramar Hotel in the Region of Valparaiso, Chile on October 5 and 6.
Mayor Fernandez was selected as the country’s delegate to join in the conference that includes the Secretary of State of the United States John Kerry, and Prince Albert of Monaco.
Ms. Fernandez will take center stage to draw the spotlight to Dagupan’s monumental efforts to close its 50-year old “open dumpsite” with the city’s adoption of a waste to fuel technology, currently billed as the best available technology employing the safest global standards on converting plastics into fuel grade diesel and biogas.
“Our open dumpsite has brought us misery, shame and helplessness. It has become a stark symbol of how we have mismanaged our waste for decades, threatening to spill out and pollute the ocean that has given so much bounty and blessings to our city” she said.
She said the Waste to Worth project is “the most viable solution at hand” that will finally put an end to the city’s half a century problem with managing its wastes.
Last March, the City of Dagupan sealed an agreement with Procter and Gamble Philippines and Sure Global W2W for the establishment of a waste management facility through the “Waste to Worth” Project worth 8 million dollars.
At no expense to the city, the project is funded by the Asian Development Bank and supported by the US State Department.
Sure Global W2W1 will manage the processing and conversion of all solid waste of the city by bringing in the facility which will be owned and operated by them using the technology that ensures maximum technical and financial viability.
In Chile, Fernandez will participate and interface with other global leaders in an effort to find solutions to deal with illegal fishing, marine plastic pollution, ocean acidification and its relation to climate change.
Moreover, the conference seeks to encourage the creation of marine protected areas as a tool to protect the marine ecosystem. (CIO)
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