Councilor Tek Ocampo, chair of the Committee on Environment, discusses during this week's AFP-PNP Press Corps. media forum at The Mandaya Hotel in Davao City the resolution he filed requesting the national government to allocate a counterpart fund of P3.486 billion for the construction of Davao City's waste-to-energy facility as the city’s current sanitary landfill is nearing its full capacity.
It can be recalled that the environmental group Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability stood firm on its stand that Davao City does not need a WTE facility and even suggested Davao City officials should look for sustainable solutions for waste problems. “Ang mayor ug konseho abri kung unsa man na alternatibo na plano na ilang i-presenta. Kitang tanan man pro-environment but again we need to address this problem because this is urgent. Just try to imagine unsa kadaghan ang 700 tons of garbage per day. Problema pud sa atoang material recovery facility, kay ang barangay diri wala man sila’y luna para kabutangan ana,” Ocampo said.