Manila trash talk: Erap wants residents to clean up

With so many Filipinos still not following rules on disposing garbage, waste management remains a major problem.

On Thu, Aug 24, Manila mayor Joseph “Erap” Estrada called on 1.7-million residents to help keep the capital city clean by practicing proper waste disposal and garbage segregation.
 
“Estrada also ordered all concerned city hall departments to again strictly enforce the city’s 1994 anti-littering ordinance,” reports Jose Rodel Clapano in The Philippine Star.

“Manila is one of the world’s most densely populated cities with 42,857 people per square kilometer, or 111,002 people per square mile. Tondo is the most populous, accounting for 38 percent of the total population, followed by Sampaloc (20.7 percent) and Santa Ana (10.7 percent),” the report noted.

Estrada stated, “You can just imagine, with this burgeoning population, the amount of garbage the city produces everyday. Cleaning up the city is such a very difficult task, something everyone should be involved (in) if we want immediate results.”

The report pointed out that “Manila produces 8,700 tons of garbage everyday, with 30 percent or roughly 2,610 tons ending up on the streets and in drainage pipes and waterways.”

It was also revealed that among Manila’s six districts, District 3 — which is composed of Binondo, Quiapo, San Nicolas, and Sta. Cruz with a total of 126 barangays and a population of 221,780 — churns out the most amount of garbage. The city’s Department of Public Services (DPS) collects 10 truckloads of garbage everyday from District 3 alone.



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