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[dinabaw]

Monday, 19 November 2007

Kidapawan launches solid waste management program
MindaNews

Sunday, 18 November 2007 01:43
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/Nov 17) – Local government officials, including environment experts from southwest Mindanao, today led the dry run of the implementation of the solid waste management project which aims to address the city’s growing garbage problems, especially in the public market.

City environment officer Edgar Paalan said the volume of garbage collected daily at the public market weighed about six tons, almost 30 percent of the total volume of garbage generated by the city.

But not a percentage of this garbage has been converted or recycled from the dump sites, he said.

He said the first step is to segregate waste into biodegradable, recyclable, and residual categories.

A biodegradable waste is a type of waste originating from plant or animal sources, which may be broken down by other living organisms. It can also be composted or used to produce biogas.

A recyclable waste is a type of waste that has the potential to be recycled, including scrap iron, non-ferrous metals, bottles, glass, plastics, and paper.

The dry run, which ends on November 26, includes a cleanup drive within the market and Poblacion area, distribution of information materials, posting of solid waste management signages, and actual waste segregation.

The full implementation of the program starts on Nov 27.

Paalan said that with a reinforced solid waste management plan they hope to convert at least 40 percent of the city’s biodegradable waste into other types.

The city is also set to construct a P5-million wastewater treatment facility for the wet market.

Paalan said that the market, including the slaughter house, releases at least 35 cubic meters of wastewater everyday. This is discharged into the Nuangan River, one of the longest rivers in the city.

The facility, he said, is capable of converting at least 70 cubic meters of wastewater daily.

The city council has granted Mayor Rodolfo Gantuangco an authority to enter into a loan agreement with the Development of the Philippines (DBP) for the project.

Kidapawan is only one of the many local government units receiving assistance in urban environmental management through the EcoGov Part 2 project.

The project, which is an initiative of the Philippine government, is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented in partnership with the Department of Interior and Local Governments (DILG) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. It is managed by the Development Alternatives Inc., (DAI).

DAI is providing technical assistance to the city governments of General Santos, Koronadal, and Davao and of the provinces of South Cotabato, Sarangani, North Cotabato, and Sultan Kudarat in implementing forest and forestlands management, coastal resource management, and urban environmental management. (MindaNews)


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[ofw_cebu]

that is good news for kidapawan folks......

[Maxxclip]

Malala na ba ang problema o kaya pa?

[GearX]

ay first reply.....kaya pa...kaya pa nating lumangoy....

[amigo32]

hehehe.

meron bang drainage sytem ang pinas? naalala ko tuloy si Claire Danes ba yun?

[Ex!lE]

Originally Posted by GearX

ay first reply.....kaya pa...kaya pa nating lumangoy....

pano ang di marunong lumangoy?

[kiretoce]

Really!? They have those in the Philippines?

[dinabaw]

what kimber? anyway forget drainage systems it's global warming anyway ...lol

[ofw_cebu]

Philippine Star

RP’s first waste-to-methane power plant to be launched in Rizal town

Wednesday, November 21, 2007


The country’s first garbage-to-methane power plant that can produce about 15 megawatts will be launched in E. Rodriguez (formerly Montalban), Rizal next month.

Bobby de Ocampo, chairman of the British Alumni Association, said the Montalban Methane Power Corp. has the United Kingdom as its largest investor.

“The investment, while relatively small for starters, will end up with a facility that will be the largest in Asia and the second (largest) worldwide,” De Ocampo told reporters during a recent briefing.

He said the total project cost would amount to $30 million.

“The raw materials are from the old dump. I think why it was given priority (over other existing dumps in the country) is because of the volume of garbage that happens to be there. I think the potential is 10 million tons,” he added.

“(The power plant) will convert garbage in the main dump of Metro Manila into methane and utilize it for electricity,” he said.

De Ocampo clarified that the controversy surrounding the planned shutdown of the E. Rodriguez dump to pave the way for the opening of a new one would not derail the project.

“While many of you are aware of the political calisthenics over there, there is no politics that has to do with garbage,” he said.

De Ocampo said the whole project, set for launch on Dec. 5, is intended not just to promote alternative sources of energy but also to foster “community building to raise the level of livelihood and give people there a better community facility.”

“If it is utilized as a continuing dump for Metro Manila, to some extent, you’ve got many years of garbage to work with,” he said.

De Ocampo’s group is composed of some 200 Filipinos who have studied in schools in the UK.

The British Alumni Association is currently helping the British Embassy, the British Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines and the British Council in this year’s celebration of Philippine-British Friendship Week from Nov. 30 to Dec. 9.

De Ocampo said the methane power plant is part of the UK’s interest in helping the Philippines reduce its dependence on conventional sources of energy.

In fact, a British expert on solid waste management is scheduled to hold a seminar on Dec. 4 as part of the Philippine-British Friendship Week.

“The UK is also looking at other waste materials that can also be converted. They are now discussing the possibility of utilizing bagasse for the purpose of converting it into methane,” De Ocampo said.

Leslie Stokes, chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, said some British companies are also interested in investing in biofuels.

Stokes cited the importance of utilizing other possible sources of biofuels like sorghum and jatropha, saying the usual sources like sugarcane, corn and cassava are also used for human consumption and animal feeds.

“There are some areas we are looking at and there are some companies which are very interested. Some of the companies in Britain are actually using some of these agricultural products, a lot of which grow in the wild,” he said.

[AH-7Raja]

Wow we're really catching up!

[le Reine]

may drainage system ba tayo? parang wala.

[swahi]

oh, yun pala tawag nila sa mga underground system natin. I thought it was the underground garbage can system where you can sweep all your garbage with your trusty walis tingting.

[Maxxclip]

Originally Posted by swahi

oh, yun pala tawag nila sa mga underground system natin. I thought it was the underground garbage can system where you can sweep all your garbage with your trusty walis tingting.

"Underground Garbage Can"

sounds good to me

Naiinggit ako sa Japan, super laki at lawak ng drainage system nila, parang syudad sa ilalim ng lupa kalaki

[swahi]

o yung mga drainage system that we see in tv, na kaya lakarin ng mga tao. Or how about that system they had in die hard the movie, where Bruce Willis was able to drive a full size dump truck into the system? Ours? Pang hot wheels toys lang yata ang kasya.

But really, aside from being undersized systems, and our lack of discipline in dumping our garbage, especially non biodegradable items like styro and plastic, our waste water facilities are non existent, and if they are, inadequate. Restaurants still use teeny weeny grease traps, and they use hot water to flush out their oils from their system. Once this oil drains further down the system and the hot water is not hot anymore, it settles, and become lard, and f*ck up the drainage system down the line.

Another model to look at is Singapore. Some of their drainage now flows into a common waste water system, where the water is recycled, capable of converting part of this into potable drinking water.

[Maxxclip]

Madami ng case study na tumatalakay sa lumulubhang problema sa drainage system natin. May nabasa nga ako na yung ibang drainage system natin dito sa manila e panahon pa ng mga kastila ginawa

Ito dapat yung pinag-uukulan ng pansin ng mga senador at congressmen natin. -bahain pa naman tayo, siguro ito na rin ang solusyon sa CAMANAVA area. Our government already spent alot of money just for "ineffective" water pump' maintenance.

[The Cebuano Exultor]

Originally Posted by Maxxclip

"Underground Garbage Can"

sounds good to me

Naiinggit ako sa Japan, super laki at lawak ng drainage system nila, parang syudad sa ilalim ng lupa kalaki

O nga, nakita ko rin 'yun. Ang tawag sa system na 'yun ay Storm Water Drainage System (SWDS). Ang kanyang official name ay "The G-Cans Project." Dito sa South-East Asia, ang Malaysia palang ang meron nito. Pero 'yung nasa Tokyo ay ang pinaka-malaki sa buong mundo.

Just to give those who haven't heard of this project yet a scale-perspective of its size, each of those five "cans" are big enough to easily accomodate and hold a standing space shuttle with propulsion rocket.

It's pretty obvious that we can't have a project similar to this here in the Phiippines because it is too costly.

What we can do is to ban all use of plastic cellophanes in our country and re-introduce the use of paperbags.

[pi_malejana]

kapag paperbags naman di kaya makalbo mga bundok natin pati baguio..? hehe...
drainage system ba e KANAL ang tawag diba? meron tayo nun eh, basurahan nga lang ang purpose...

[GearX]

Originally Posted by Exile

pano ang di marunong lumangoy?

magpa-anod na lang....

Originally Posted by XP

may drainage system ba tayo? parang wala.

more like aged drain system....

[Maxxclip]

Originally Posted by The Cebuano Exultor

Tokyo ay ang pinaka-malaki sa buong mundo.

Just to give those who haven't heard of this project yet a scale-perspective of its size, each of those five "cans" are big enough to easily accomodate and hold a standing space shuttle with propulsion rocket.

This is what I' am talking about. I saw this on TV - National Geographic ata yun. Napahanga(admired) lang ako at napamangha(amazed) sa nakita ko. Sa tingin ko, hindi lugi ang gobyerno natin kung magkakaroon tayo ng ganitong proyekto - kesa naman yung mga provisional projects na kumakain lang ng malaking pera pero hindi napapakinabangan ng taong bayan (at sa halip e pinagka-kwartahan) like yung sa CAMANAVA Flood Control Project na ineffective.

[amigo32]

hindi pupuede sa Pinas yan, alam mo kung bakit, matutuwa ang mga eskwater at mas maganda tumira dyan.