City assures new sanitary landfill safe, sealed

By CHRIS DOMINIC LAGUILLES

THE CITY GOVERNMENT of Ligao assured the residents around Bonga village that there will be no spread of diseases in the area.

This was after residents raised concerns on the pronouncement of the construction of the new sanitary landfill to control the waste disposal in the city.

Alvin Argota, Sanitary Engineer at the City Health Office stated in an interview that the sanitary landfill will act as the controlled dumpsite for all solid wastes in the city that will operate with the aim of avoiding contamination of nearby ground and water sources through compacting.

The landfill will operate through layering of polythylene and soil to minimize contamination smell from the site.

“The waste disposal will be by layer. We will also make use of plastics or polythylene to minimize the smell,” Argota said.

Argota also stated that the proposed location for the sanitary landfill at Bonga has an approved distance from residential areas.

However, some residents shared their insights on how this project may affect them, especially their children, by how the wastes are transported to the landfill.

Arman Bataller, a resident of the barangay, expressed his worries that some wastes will be left alongside the road when the truck containing them passes by.

Bataller added that other than thier concern on the waist transportation, there are no other problem that will make them against the city’s project.

“The truck that passes through should be covered. In some circumstances, materials like garbage from trucks are left here as it passes. They must ensure proper ways of throwing the wastes,” Bataller explained.

The sanitary landfill is now under construction at the proposed sIte, however there is still no exact date and time table as to when the landfill will be completed and operational.

The landfill was agreed upon by the city government and the environment council late September last year. ■ languages.

The Philippines, despite being a land perfect for agriculture, is now struggling to meet the demand and the necessities of the public.

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