MEXICO, Pampanga—The P15-million Material Recovery Facility (MRF) here is set to operate this month and is seen to address the problem on solid waste management in one of the biggest municipalities in the province.
Mayor Teddy Tumang recently toured Pampanga Governor Lilia “Baby” Pineda and other mayors at the composite MRF facility in Barangay Suclaban, here, as the governor pushed for the segregation of waste and use of MRF facility in every town to solve the province-wide problem on garbage.
Tumang said the MRF facility, which copied the ones used in Bulacan province and Tagaytay City, could “easily handle” the garbage disposal of the 43 barangays in this first class municipality. He added the MRF facility uses conveyor to separate biodegradable from the non-biodegradable materials.
“We will use the composite MRF which was the first to be used in the country. It proved effective as we have seen through the years,” said Tumang in the dialect.
He disclosed that the installation of three-phase electricity at the 9,000-square meter facility will allow them to begin operating the MRF.
“We have to tighten our expenses and save some funds to raise P12 million for the realization of a modern MRF facility in Mexico. The last we have to budget for is the electric connection set to be installed in a few days,” said Tumang. He disclosed that the funds used for the project were locally generated.
Tumang thanked then President and now Pampanga 2nd District Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for giving P3 million to the town’s waste management facility project.
“They say many things about Tumang but once thing is certain: He makes things happen and not mere talking about it,” said one of the mayors who accompanied Pineda in the ocular inspection. (Joey Pavia)
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