The Municipal Environment and Natural Resources (MENRO) of Antique’s capital town urged residents to help reduce residual wastes disposed of at the sanitary landfill.
“Our town generates about three tons of residual wastes daily out of the total 16 tons of solid wastes,” said San Jose de Buenavista MENRO Madelyn Pagunsan in an interview on Monday.
She said soft plastics such as gift wrappers and straws are considered residual wastes. There are junkshops that buy them, so households are advised to segregate them before they are disposed of at the material recovery facility (MRF).
Only residual wastes, such as diapers and sanitary napkins, are allowed to be disposed of at the sanitary landfill.
She said garbage collection for residual wastes in barangays with high volume of waste generated is on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
San Jose de Buenavista is the lone town in the province with a sanitary landfill.
It became operational in 2020 in adherence with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ (DENR) order to close open dumpsites nationwide. (PNA)
