Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA)

[amigo32]

Originally Posted by bulakenyo

Bakit Pink ang Urinals at karamihan sa mga structures na itinatayo ng MMDA?
Anyone who knows why? Kasi hindi seryosong kulay ang pink. Why not blue or...blue na lang. wala ako maisip na iba eh.

I guess para madaling makita. Wala kasing gumagamit ng ganyang kulay sa mga structures sa kalye.

[mnbc]

Fernando: MM finally awakens

By Ferdinand Fabella

IF Metro Manila Development Authority Chairman Bayani Fernando were to be asked, the country’s biggest metropolis with a population of over 10 million has undergone a major transformation since he assumed office more than three years ago.

“After so much conflict and controversy, I’m happy that Metro Manila has finally awakened. The seeds we have planted are now bearing fruit,” said Fernando, adding that he was glad the public is now appreciating the various programs and projects he had introduced and completed.

Fernando said most local government units, several of which opposed some of MMDA’s projects, are now starting to adapt some of the agency’s activities, such as sidewalk clearing.

He particularly cited Makati City, whose mayor, Jejomar Binay is a known critic of MMDA.

Makati has started its own sidewalk clearing operations in compliance with MMDA Resolution 02-28 approving the all-out campaign against sidewalk vendors and obstructions.

Fernando said he is inviting LGUs to join MMDA’s sidewalk clearing operations so they could learn something from them.

Fernando was appointed MMDA chief in June 2002. Since then, he had become one of the most popular and visible Cabinet members of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo administration.

Fernando said the MMDA has also helped instill discipline among motorists and pedestrians.

Fernando said there have been great improvements in Metro Manila’s major thoroughfares, including pink pedestrian footbridges, transport terminals and other useful traffic devices, including controversial male urinals.

Asked what has been the key to MMDA’s success, he said it was determination, coupled by “some intimidation and quick action.”

“Through systematic and determined campaign, there is really nothing impossible. What I did in Marikina was also done in the entire Metro Manila,” he said.

In a related development, Metro Manila’s Solid Waste Management Board (MMSWMB), also headed by Fernando, reported that 1,105 of the 1,693 barangays in Metro Manila, or 70.58 percent, have been collecting garbage from every home in their neighborhoods, easing the piles of garbage in the metropolis.

Fernando introduced the system that forced households and commercial establishments to collect their own garbage until trucks come to pick them up.

“At least the LGUs are now realizing that door-to-door is an effective way of keeping our streets clean,” Fernando said.

The MMSWMB also indicated that all the 17 city and municipal governments in the National Capital Region have come up with their own systems to improve garbage collection.

In its latest report to, the board stated that five localities in the region, namely the cities of Makati, Valenzuela, Marikina and the municipalities of Pateros and Navotas have fully complied with the door-to-door garbage collection.

In Quezon City, 98 percent of its barangays have complied with the door-to-door policy; 84.62 percent in Muntinlupa; 80 percent in San Juan, Parañaque and Manila and Taguig has 60 percent.

Mandaluyong, on the other hand, has 44 percent compliance rate; 36.17 percent in Caloocan; 35 percent in Las Piñas; 32 percent in Pasay and Malabon has the lowest compliance with only 29 percent.

Apart from the door-to-door collection LGUs have also established several collection points or area where residents can put their trash and will be collected by the garbage truck at the end of the day.

Most of the collection points were put up in markets and near the areas where garbage trucks could not enter.

Metro Manila is producing an average of 7,000 tons of garbage per day, which is dumped separately in four disposal facilities maintained by MMDA: The Rodriguez sanitary landfill, Payatas controled disposal facility, Navotas dump and the landfill in Clark Field in Pampanga.

[renell]

I think another step after an efficient door-to-door garbage collection Metro Manila-wide is how to make better use of that trash besides just dumping it. I'm not an expert or knowledgeable at incinirators but how much pollution would it create and is it worth building?

[marites4]

any pics of the fruitions of GWAPO project.

[bulakenyo]

Ok na sana yung project ng MMDA sa garbage collection. Kaya lang hindi nila mai-implement ang segregation. If this can't start in individual houses, why not designate a certain garbage collection for every baranggay or subdivision and do the segregation there? I'm sure ang dami pang mapapakinabangan sa basura diyan (paper, bottles, plastic materials etc). If they succeed in segregating the garbage they collect and send reusable materials to recycling plants, I'm sure they can cut the garbage volume in half. Even more perhaps.

[mnbc]

i know that the recycling industry in Australia has an annual profit turn over of $2 billion. Imagine the benefits of recycling to the philippines and to the economy.

[bulakenyo]

And a city in Japan, trucks that collect garbage run from fuel derived from the very garbage it collects! Cool isn't it? We already have that kind of methane technology here in the country. Kulang lang sa initiative yung ibang tamad na officials.

[renell]

Well in Belgium and here in Australia there are three bins or bags in which grass, glass, bottles and paper and trash are all segregated by the homeowners. The local government already picks up the trash from them, I think it should be up to the people at home to put the recyclables into separate places. I agree with bulakenyo

[bustero]

We have segregation here. The trash truck will not pick up the wrong kind of trash on the wrong day. We're also suppiosed to compose (in fact it's a hassle because some neigbors burn their trash which is not good too).

That methan technology was used by maya farms in antipolo in the 80's pa! But it's expensive to set up that's why it has not taken off in a big way.

Let's also remember that pinoys have much less garbage than developed countries (this is a true even for most third world countries). If I remember correctly the average waste disposal per person is less than 1/5th. It's just that MM is not a small place jsut as big as Australia if you count the whole agglomoration plus it's super dense where the central core of 10 million live. Plus more importantly people in general do not believe that they should be paying for the disposal of garbage!

[sandrin]

It will also be a big help if people with enough space in the backyard can make a compost pit or a compost bin to mix soil with the biodegradable wastes such as vegetables and fruit peels, egg shells & leaves. In a compost pit, just dig in a few square feet of soil and bury the biodegradable waste. In a compost bin, you can use a big old water container (preferably plastic because metal drum can produce chem reaction in the long run), put layers of soil, biodegradable waste, soil, biodeg waste alternately. Allow a bit of an air to get in, but be sure to cover the container and mix it every once in a while.
I guarantee you, after a few months the loam soil will be an absolutely healthy medium for growing fruits, vegetables, and flowering plants in return.

[archietect]

hehehe... kulet ng mga tag lines a... for those who hang clothes where they can be seen ... ITAGO ANG SAMPAY O SUSUNUGIN ANG BAHAY!!! hehehe... yeah...

[marites4]

Ang basurang itinapon mo babalek sayo. grrr ang titigas at kukulet ng ule ng mga pinoy..

[renell]

^ what do you mean?

[pau_p1]

yeah.. if every household has a compost pit.. it would be great... but of course this will not be true for those living in the urbanized areas.... actually some problems on garbage disposal.. is as the article says.. in Caloocan only about 36% is complied... there are a lot of areas.. probably most of North Caloocan which is not complying.. dump trucks accept any kind of trucks segregated or not... and some areas were still even not reached by garbage trucks..

[archietect]

i think we should think of more creative ways to manage our trash... composting is an age old method which i think is no more effective in our present environment specially in the city... door to door maybe effective for now but we should always think further in the future... i think it would be great if the garbage could be be converted into energy like in other countries... waste water recycling could be taken off from the example of singapore... the technology may not be cheap but it is better than having to live in an inhabitable environment...

[bustero]

Many interesting point of views in this debate. All requiring money.

[ashley12]

and all the money we need comes from the government... which i might say hard to get.

[archietect]

yeah... maybe... but i think it would be cheaper in the near future.. there are already great advancements in green technology... there is already a kind of thread that could be woven into fabrics and act as solar cells.. so you could plug your mobile or laptop directly to your clothes... savings in using renewable energy could be used to aid in the management of garbage and other earth harmful materials... maybe costly at first but could prove vital and cost efficient in the long run... hey, it's cheaper than buying a new planet to live on...

[rockwell baller]

B.F. very good. his plans are benefitable to d people! in 3 years time the "gwapo" projct will be very visible to d eye esp. the greeneries in the roads!

[tigidig14]

^im sorry whose B.F btw, is that the MMDA president that was taken away of power.