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BURNING HAZARDS. Environmentalists in Negros Oriental urge Dumaguete City government to stop the pyrolysis-gasification technology used in its garbage disposal program. (L-R) Merci Ferrer, co-convener of War on Waste-Negros Oriental; Dr. Jorge Emmanuel, former Chief Technical Adviser for the United Nations Development Program; and Gary Rosales, representing three NGOs, aired their concerns during a media forum on Thursday (Jan. 19, 2023). (Photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - Environmental organizations on Thursday called on the city government here to stop using pyrolysis/gasification technology that converts plastic wastes to by-products as it is harmful to humans and the surroundings. At a Kapihan sa PIA forum, Merci Ferrer, co-convenor of War on Waste Break Free from Plastics, said environmental advocacy groups in the province are pushing to stop pyrolysis technology being used by the city at its Central Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in Barangay Candauay. Pyrolysis is
TRASH TO TREASURE. Workers are seen in this undated photo segregating garbage at the Central Materials Recovery Facility of the Dumaguete City government. Environmental Management Bureau-Central Visayas (EMB-7) regional director William Cunado and Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo led Thursday (March 24, 2022) the formal inauguration of the facility in Barangay Candauay in the Negros Oriental capital. (Photo courtesy of Lupad Dumaguete Facebook page/City PIO) DUMAGUETE CITY - The city government's Central Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) that converts trash into useful by-products has earned the approval of a key Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) official who wanted the facility to be part of the National Ecological Center. "I would like to ask our DENR Secretary Jim Sampulna to give a commendation to Mayor (Felipe Antonio) Remollo and the City Council for a job well done. And not only that, but I would also like to recommend this place as part of the National