Marikina City Solid Waste Management Facility The Waste Management Office (WMO) administers the solid waste collection and disposal operations in the city. The city has at present 1 compactor and eight d!mp tr!cks. These tr!cks collect gar"age from 1# "arangays on a reg!lar twice a week sched!le. $iodegrada"le and non% "iodegrada"le wastes are separately separately collected "y compactor tr!cks. The waste is then transported to a gar"age transfer station where large d!mp tr!cks wait to transport the gar"age to the sanitary landfill sit!ated in San Mateo& 'ial. The !se of a gar"age transfer station ena"les Marikina to "oast of a gar"age collection efficiency of percent. The operation of a gar"age transfer station s!"stantially red!ced the "reakdown of e*!ipment and increased the n!m"er of trips of gar"age compactors& res!lting in red!ced costs of gar"age collection. The city+s initiati,es on waste management& earned Marikina the championship in the -Search for the Cleanest and reenest M!nicipality in the /ational and Capital 'egion0 in three consec!ti,e years from 1# to 1 and th!s placing in the 2all of Fame for the same contest. The city placed second in the whole co!ntry.
Marikina City is among the first to implement a waste segregation program thr!3 4nactment of City Ordinance 5#& series of 6556& a local law which mandates the segregation of "iodegrada"le from the non% "iodegrada"le gar"age at the so!rce (ho!seholds& commercial7ind!strial commercial7ind!strial esta"lishment& instit!tions& etc.) 8n ecological ecological solid waste management management facility facility of the city "!ilt in line with '.8. 559 or the 4cological Solid Waste Management 8ct of 6555. This incl!des reco,ery of recycla"les& composting and recycling facilities. :repare its respecti,e 15%year solid waste management plan. Marikina City 15%;ear SWM :lan
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%s!"mitted to and re,iewed "y /SWMC in 655 %re,iew and !pdating ongoing Materials Recovery Facility The city centralied M'F is a place where domestic type of waste collected from ho!seholds and "!siness esta"lishments are deli,ered to "e f!rther sorted "y type (paper& plastics& metals& cans < etc.). The recycla"le materials are then sold to =!nkshops for later !sed as raw materials for reman!fact!ring and reprocessing. While the resid!al wastes are transported to 'ial :ro,incial Sanitary >andfill.
Marikina Composting Facility ?F!lly operational in year 655.
?@s a place where food waste collected from eateries& composta"le waste from markets& yard waste and saw d!st are deli,ered to "e process into organic fertilier !sing the AOST%@TA@ "ioreactor facility. The fertiliers prod!ced are then !sed "y the City City and schools for its greening greening programs and others are are "eing sold to pri,ate pri,ate indi,id!als in the amo!nt of :1B pesos7kgs. Role of LGU in Solid Waste Management ?4nforcement of the pro,isions of '.8. 559
Ord. 5# -Segregation at So!rce0 Ord. 59 -8nti%>ittering0
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Ord. 1 -'eg!lation on :lastic0 Ord. 115 -@llegal :osting0
PROJC! "MP#C! "MP#C! @t red!ces the amo!nt of solid waste that goes to the landfill and at the same time pre,ent the emission of greenho!se gas (methane).
@t permits the reco,ery of precio!s reso!rces (in the form of recycla"le materials)
4mployment and income generation.
Tag"ilaran City+s @SWM Strategy Red$ction at So$rce
The city go,ernment imposed the segregation of waste into three types 3 "iodegrada"le& recycla"le and resid!al wastes. @nformation and ed!cation camp campai aign gn will will "e wide widely ly impl implem emen ente ted d to ed!c ed!cat atee the the city city resi reside dent ntss on the the import importanc ancee of waste waste genera generatio tion. n. @ncent @ncenti,e i,ess and penalt penalties ies shall shall "e impose imposed d to implementers and ,iolators& respecti,ely. respecti,ely. Collection and !ransport
The segregated waste collection system is implemented where each type of waste is collected at a specific sched!le (day and time of pick%!p). The "arangays are responsi"le for the waste collection. Wastes from large esta"lishments& p!"lic markets& as well as "iodegrada"le and resid!al wastes of ho!seholds and small esta"lishments are collected "y the city+s collection ser,ices. On the other hand& the "arangays are responsi"le in the collection of recycla"le wastes of all domestic and micro%esta"lishments within their =!risdiction.
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Material Recovery and !ransfer Station%
The city go,ernment plans to esta"lish in one facility a composting and recycling center and a transfer station. The composting and recycling center will "e farmed o!t to the pri,ate sector. 8t present& the $ioEComposting and Organic Fertilier :rod!ction Facility located at the Aampas district
