City Govt. To Distribute 272 Huge Trash Bins To Various Barangays

Feb.15,2010
City Govt. To Distribute 272 Huge Trash Bins To Various Barangays
By Quirico M. Gorpido, Jr.

Maasin City, Southern Leyte-Two hundred seventy two(272)huge trash bins worth P1.496M are to be distributed by the City Government to various Maasin’s barangays that are covered by the Solid Waste Management Program of this city.
This was the revelation of Admin Aid Herbert Mercado of the City General Services Office in an interview with LSDE recently.
Although at least 2 blue-colored trash bins are allocated for each barangay under the SWMP, not all barangays will be given, unless there is a formal request letter for such an additional need for a receptacle, Mercado explained.
Nevertheless, if a barangay or two have numerous population than the others, he said, it it likely that 3 to 4 trash bins would be released to them.
He clarified that not all the city’s 70 barangays are covered by the SWMP, because these places are located in the hinterlands or in the upland areas, where due to distant from the city proper, they are excluded by garbage truck collectors in their itineraries.
However, barangays that are not covered by the clean and green program, he said, are still obliged to segregate their garbage wastes as usual, in accordance with its kind, for proper disposal and recycle purposes.
Mercado specifically said that coastal barangays and barangays located within the plain area of the city are given the preference in the distribution of the large trash bins.
He said this would involve the barangays starting at Combado up to Pasay, including Canturing, Sorosoro and Nasaug, covering a total of 14 barangays.
Nonetheless, the 56 barangays that are located away and far from the city, he said, can also make request- letters for the acquisition of the trash bins address to the City Mayor Maloney Samaco,if they need to augment their respective receptacles for garbage.
The OCGS Admin Aid further urged the Barangay Captains and their representatives to start writing their formal letters of request to Mayor Maloney Samaco to avail of the newly-bought two-wheeled large trash bins.
“WE want them to get their share of trash bins as soon as possible so that they can start using it”, he said. “Besides, they still have to sign some papers for the transfer of responsibility and custody that will unburden us from being its keeper”.
Mercado added that the trash bins were designed for outdoor use. “If the recipients would take care of it and use it properly, it could last for the duration of an estimated 5 to 10 years”, he said.(Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.)