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[Lili]

You can't patent something that is already invented and patented, tigidig. I guess the reason why they don't have many of those portable pushcarts in Pinas is because they drive around a lot there, unlike here where we have more of a "walking culture". You can still market those 'though either as a wholesaler or retailer.

I wish that our washing machine drainage is hooked up to a garden hose so that the drained water will automatically water my plants in the garden. Then, I will not be wasting a lot of water and save time washing my clothes and watering the plants. That is an idea. I think it is a patentable idea. They say detergent water is actually good fertilizer for some plants.

[tigidig14]

they need that especially in divisoria but can u still patented it in pnas because they dont have them over there?

never heard of using ur drained water for ur plants, must wanna kill ur grass
all i know is u used detergent to break up the permeable walls of a nucles to get the dna---huh

[Lili]

LOLz!

[Mango]

Bawas balot, bawas basura para sa malinis na estero!
HINDI PA TAPOS ANG LABAN Ni Sec. Mike Defensor
Ang Pilipino STAR Ngayon 09/20/2005

(Unang bahagi)
ARAW-ARAW ay may nalilikhang 6,000 toneladang basura sa Metro Manila kung saan karamihan ay galing sa mga kabahayan. Taun-taon naman ay nililinis ang 330 kilometro ng mga ilog at estero na natatanggalan ng humigit-kumulang sa anim na toneladang basura. Ito ang maruming katotohanang bumubulaga sa atin araw-araw.

Ang basura ay isang problemang nararapat pagtulungang solusyunan ng pamahalaan at ng mga mamamayan. Kung kaya naman ngayong Setyembre, lalo pa’t Philippine Clean-Up Month ay pinaiigting ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), sa pangunguna ng Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), at ng mga regional offices nito, ang kampanyang "Bawas Balot, Bawas Basura Para sa Malinis na Estero". Sa kampanyang ito, ka-partner natin ang mga tagapamahala at mga vendors’ association ng mga palengke, sa paghihikayat sa mga mamimili na gumamit ng bayong upang mabawasan ang paggamit ng labis-labis na pambalot sa mga pinamimili. Ang mga "plastik" na pambalot kasi ay bahagi sa tone-toneladang basurang bumabara sa ating mga ilog at estero.

Kaugnay nito, isang seremonya para sa paglalagda ng Memorandum sa Kasunduan ng "Bawas Balot, Bawas Basura" ang ginanap sa San Juan nitong Setyembre 14. Nilahukan ito ng DENR, sa pamamagitan ng EMB at ng tanggapan nito sa National Capital Region (NCR), mga tagapamahala ng Agora Market at kinatawan ng kanilang Vendors’ Association at mga kinatawan ng iba pang piling mga palengke sa lungsod ng Maynila, Makati at Quezon. Ang mga pamilihang nakilahok sa seremonya, bukod sa Agora Market, ay ang Paco Market, Padre Rada at Asuncion Talipapa, Quinta Market, Pritil Market, Dagonoy Market, Bambang Market, Sta. Ana Market, Arranque Market, Wagas Market, Obrero at Antipolo Market, Dapitan Market, Gagalangin Public Market, L and Y Pamilihan, Inc., Guadalupe Commercial Complex, Poblacion Market, Pio del Pilar Market, Kamuning Market at Murphy Market.

[marites4]

They should outlaw the plastic bags period. Maybe use paperbags and bayongs. Since Filipinos cannot be disciplined on proper care of plastics, they end up on esteros and street this should be strictly enforced. Also the use of styrofoams in fast foods should be banned .

[tigidig14]

yeah, atlast they should start doing that, the open estero in quiapo, i think bandang lepanto malapit sa mga muslim. the estero was really awkward to look at. its ilog puno ng basura. have they atlest clean that side!!! if someone push in that estero u definitely be dead, no pun intended.

[marites4]

I wish Mayor Atienza would make the muslims in that area more accountable for their trash. I swear they try to make it into an open sewer.

[Mango]

Originally Posted by marites4

They should outlaw the plastic bags period. Maybe use paperbags and bayongs. Since Filipinos cannot be disciplined on proper care of plastics, they end up on esteros and street this should be strictly enforced. Also the use of styrofoams in fast foods should be banned .

I wish you run for congress of manila

Plastic and styro should be banned or find a way to minimize the usage.
Actually Carls Jr. (are they still around?)used paper cups and it's a bit expensive but thats ok.
At least they are doing their social responsibility and not just pure profit.

[tigidig14]

Originally Posted by marites4

I wish Mayor Atienza would make the muslims in that area more accountable for their trash. I swear they try to make it into an open sewer.

thats a sewer, u didnt c poops floating out there.

[marites4]

Originally Posted by tigidig14

thats a sewer, u didnt c poops floating out there.

all kinds of things floating there. decomposing food, spit,plastic,dead animals etc.. makes it a sewer.

[marites4]

Originally Posted by Mango

I wish you run for congress of manila

Plastic and styro should be banned or find a way to minimize the usage.
Actually Carls Jr. (are they still around?)used paper cups and it's a bit expensive but thats ok.
At least they are doing their social responsibility and not just pure profit.

I really wish I could. But I'm not an artista or basketball player. You need lots of money to win and with the guns n goons politics we have ,I'm afraid I don't have enough balls to do it. Maybe in the future. For now all I can do to help is practice what I preach and spread awareness in my own little way which is what we should all do.

[Mango]

That's commendable. No matter how good the program is, if it lacks support among people, it will go into waste (pun intended). Discipline talaga.

[Mango]

Isabela town bans use, sale of plastic bags

First posted 00:29am (Mla time) Sept 23, 2005
By Villamor Visaya Jr.
Inquirer News Service



Editor's Note: Published on Page A18 of the September 23, 2005 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer


SAN MARIANO, ISABELA—LOOKING for plastic bags? You’ll have to go out of town.

Mayor Edgar Go and the town council here recently approved an ordinance banning the sale and use of plastic bags by all business establishments here.

Local officials said the ban was prompted by deliberations over the health and environmental hazards posed by the use of plastic bags.

Councilor Rodolfo Costales, chair of the council’s committee on health and environment, authored the ordinance.

“The use of plastic bags in business establishments contributes heavily to problems on health, sanitation and the environment,” Go said.

He said plastic bags, because they are non-biodegradable, clog drainage and sewerage systems, litter the streets and pollute the environment.

Going native

Go said in place of plastic bags, the town is encouraging residents to use native packaging materials.

Residents, local officials said, may try using the indigenous ubon system in packaging or carrying goods.

The ubon refers to tying fish and meat using banban (bamboo shingles) or rattan, which are abundant in the town.

Go said they are also urging residents to use bayong (native woven bag) and paper bags in carrying goods.

He said the town’s market administrator and the treasurer were tasked with implementing the ordinance.

Enforcers

Violators will be fined P1,500 for the first offense, P2,000 for the second offense, and P2,500 and/or imprisonment of 15 to 30 days for the third and succeeding offenses, Go said.

San Mariano (pop: 41,309 as of 2000) is a first-class town where illegal logging was rampant in the 1970s and 1980s.

Efforts to reduce the amount of non-biodegradable wastes in the country have proven fruitless so far.

In Metro Manila, authorities are trying – unsuccessfully - to implement a waste segregation program in which biodegradable and non-biodegradable wastes would be separated by households before these are picked up by garbage trucks.

[marites4]

Yehey ! that was quick must have read your post. Hope other town follows.

[Mango]

hope they set good example so that MM will follow suit.
VIVA SAN MARIANO ISABELA!!!

[Lili]

I don't know. I really got used to plastic bags especially if you buy goods from the wet market. I think it's just too onerous to penalize people for using plastic bags.

The plastic bags are actually helpful when you try to segregate trash for collection and disposal. Reuse these for these purposes so that when it rains, the trash is not all over the place while it is awaiting collection by the garbage trucks and so that the collection process is not as unsanitary than having exposed garbage cans/bins.

By implementing this ordinance, next thing you know, they are going to say that their bamboo/rattan products are running out because of excessive harvesting.

What about in Japan, what do they do for waste management?

[tigidig14]

Originally Posted by Lili

By implementing this ordinance, next thing you know, they are going to say that their bamboo/rattan products are running out because of excessive harvesting.

n germpro too u dont know if some salmonella was left from last palengke. i remember we had those type of bayong. i never saw my mom wash those.

[Lili]

You're right @tigidig. The bayongs can be unsanitary if you just use it with the produce just covered with newspapers and banana leaves.

[paulkrps]

garbage even here in toronto is getting to be an issue. recent amendments for next year, 5 bags for next year each week, then it will be 4 for the next year.

[Mango]

QC chosen as pilot area for Swedish recycling program
By Perseus Echeminada
The Philippine Star 11/29/2005

The Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) has chosen Quezon City as the pilot area for the implementation of a systematic garbage reduction and recycling program.

In a report to Quezon City Mayor Feliciano Belmonte Jr., Frederika Rentoy, chief of the city’s Environment Protection and Management Division (EPWD), said the Swedish government would be funding the setting up of material recovery facilities (MRFs) and equipment.

MRFs segregate bio-waste from non-bio waste and process biodegradable waste into fertilizer.

Rentoy said the SIDA chose two clustered barangay areas for the project, which the city government is implementing in compliance with the provisions of the Solid Waste Management Act.

She said the first phase of the program would be the profiling of barangays, the organization of clusters and the formation of a waste management plan. The final phase would be the setting up of the MRFs.

MRFs were first introduced in Barangay Holy Spirit, which had significantly reduced its garbage output.

The Holy Spirit MRF, which has already received several awards and citations, generates and processes high-grade fertilizer from its compost area where bio waste is deposited.

The facility also tapped residents to make handbags out of newspapers and empty tetra packs segregated from the MRF.

As an incentive to the barangays, the city government will reimburse waste management expenses to make them more self reliant and effective in the collection and disposal of garbage.