Construction of Tacloban City MRF to start this month
TACLOBAN CITY – The construction of the first-ever Material Recovery Facility (MRF) for the City of Tacloban is set to begin this month.
City Environment Officer Jonathan Hijada in an interview Thursday disclosed that the project implementation is set to begin as the city government has already awarded the project to a winning bidder.
“The contractor is only waiting for the Notice to Proceed. The construction could begin by the middle of this month at the earliest, “ said Hijada, adding that the target date for completion of the project is February 2010.
Hijada said that based on the Project Plan, the MRF will be built in Barangay 105 (San Isidro).
“It is the most ideal place where an MRF could be located,” he stressed.
Hijada said that the city and its residents stand to benefit once the MRF will be in place.
“It could mean that the volume of garbage at the city-run dumpsite in Brgy. 106 (Sto. Niño) will be greatly lessened,” he emphasized.
The city environment officer noted that in the absence of an MRF, all kinds of waste materials- biodegradable, non-biodegradable and recyclable – are dumped together without being sorted at the said dumpsite. That situation often leads to the accumulation of “mountains” of garbage at the site, which pose a threat to the environment and the health of people living nearby.
“Once the MRF will be operational, only garbage material of the lowest value will be disposed at the dumpsite. Biodegradable waste materials will be turned into fertilizer material known as organic soil enhancer, while garbage materials made of plastic will be recycled utilizing the MRF,” Hijada pointed out.
A Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) is a specialized plant that receives, separates and prepares recyclable materials for marketing to end-user manufacturers. Generally, there are two types – clean and dirty MRFs.
A clean MRF accepts recyclable commingled materials that have already been separated at the source from municipal solid waste generated by either residential or commercial sources.
A dirty MRF accepts a mixed solid waste stream and then proceeds to separate out designated recyclable materials through a combination of manual and mechanical sorting.
It was learned that the city government through City Mayor Alfred Romualdez has set aside P3. 7 million for the project. (CIO- JOSE RODRIGUEZ T. SEÑASE)
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