Urdaneta City government to use its engineered sanitary landfill,
located in Sitio Calegu, Barangay Catablan.
Urdaneta City's Chief Environment Officer Rey Quintos said aside from
Sta. Barbara, Pozorrubio and Mapandan, other LGUs now allowed to use
the facility are Alcala and Mangaldan and the Philippine Economic Zone
Authority (PEZA) in Baguio City.
He admitted that several more LGUs have signified their intention to
sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Urdaneta City government
to use the sanitary landfill.
Quintos acknowledged that garbage is now a big problem of every town
in Pangasinan, which is the reason the city is sharing its landfill
with other LGUs
Quintos clarified that the city will take only residual wastes or
those that are non-recyclable. This comprises around 10 to 15 percent
of the total waste generation per day, he added.
The Sangguniang Panlungsod headed by Vice Mayor Onofre Gorospe earlier
fixed the rate of fees to be charged every LGUs at P900 per ton of
wastes.
Urdaneta's sanitary landfill was established through a P200-million
loan obtained from Land Bank of the Philippines during the
administration of Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr., now chief of the Manila
Economic Cooperation Office in Taiwan.
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