The city government has prepared contingency plans to address the expected increase in garbage output here with the influx of visitors for the holidays.
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Mayor Mauricio Domogan said the city environment and parks management office (CEPMO) under Cordelia Lacsamana will be on hand to tackle this concern even as he appealed to residents and tourists to do their share by minimizing their wastes and sustaining the segregation practice in their homes.
“The holidays will entail additional concerns and that can’t be helped so we have to do what we can to address them,” the mayor said.
CEPMO solid waste division chief Ruben Cervantes said solid waste workers will report on their usual 22-hour shifts even during the holidays.
“We will have no holiday in our office. Everyone will work double time to handle the expected abnormal volume of garbage,” Cervantes assured.
He said the no-holiday work schedule will apply even to street sweepers and maintenance crews stationed at the city market and parks.
At present, the city’s biodegradable wastes are processed by the two Environmental Recycling System (ERS) machines.
The residual wastes are transported out of the city by the Pro Tech Machinery Corporation (Pro Tech) as part of its obligation to the city government. - (PIA / by Aileen Refuerzo)
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