The Davao City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) calls on private landowners to secure necessary permits for digging landfills within their lands. According to Cenro head Marivic Reyes, illegal landfills are still the main concerns of Cenro, thus they strengthen monitoring of these areas. Reyes urges barangay officials to help them monitor as well. The city government of Davao is developing a newly-purchased lot beside the current sanitary landfill in Barangay New Carmen, Tugbok District, as bared by Sangguniang Panlungsod committee on environment and natural resources chairperson Councilor Tek Ocampo. Once the new facility is completed and operational, it is expected to greatly enhance the city's solid waste management.
DAVAO CITY – Majority of barangays in Davao City do not properly implement the solid waste management program, Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS) said on Monday.
Lawyer Mark Peñalver, IDIS executive director, said during the ‘Kapehan sa Dabaw’ on Monday that practicing
DAVAO CITY – The 5.013-billion yen or P2.052-billion donation of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in 2018 for the construction of a waste-to-energy project in Davao City is still available, First District Councilor Temujin “Tek” Ocampo said.
In an interview, Ocampo said that the l