The construction of a waste-to-energy facility here would not address the city’s problem on solid wastes, lawyer Mark Peñalver, executive director of the Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability , said.
He said the problem lies with the enforcement of existing environmental laws, specifically the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 , which seeks to reduce the solid waste generated in the country. “We can still see a lot of plastic coffee stirrers and straws used in establishments and sold in the markets and groceries. Hence, there is a gap in the implementation,” he said.
Duterte said that if there are sufficient resources, the local government wants to have a WTE project because the city does not want “to remain too conventional or traditional” on the method in dealing with the solid waste problem.
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