MIG 02 Solid Waste Management Plan

IntroductionSolid waste management is a major problem particularly in highly urbanized areas where large populations and concentrations of commercial, industrial and institutional establishments generate huge volumes of solid waste. This condition requires a system for storage, collection, transfer and transport, processing, and disposal which is consistent with sound and efficient environmental and health practices.
Improper and inefficient solid waste management, especially disposal, creates serious health and environmental hazards. Improperly managed disposal facilities increase the chances of spreading vectors of disease such as rodents and other insects; contribute to air pollution; endanger water resources; create blight and destroy the landscape; pull down property values and generally make adjacent lands useless for productive use.

In the case of Metro Iloilo and Guimaras, Local Government Code (LGC) or RA 7160 Section 33 can be a basis for any cooperative undertakings among local government units. Section 44 of RA 9003 mandates local governments to consolidate and coordinate efforts, services and resources for the purpose of jointly addressing common solid waste management problems along with establishing a common waste disposal facility.

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A. ObjectivesThe Metro Iloilo and Guimaras LGUs (local government units) acknowledging the growing threat of unmanaged solid waste to the environment and public health and possible effects to the attractiveness of the area to economic investments, has made the formulation of the Solid Waste Management Framework Plan an important deliverable of the Metro Iloilo-Guimaras Integrated Urban and Regional Infrastructure Plan (MIG-02). This Solid Waste Management Framework Plan has been drafted in response to this and to provide guidelines in the proper management of solid waste for Metro Iloilo and Guimaras LGUs.

B. Vision

The Metro Iloilo-Guimaras Economic Development Council (MIGEDC) declared that one of its primary visions is to create “A sustainable region that ensures environmental integrity and ecological health (environmental actions)”.

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