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By The Philippine Post

‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’ A Failure Says Sen. Gatchalian; Pushes For Waste-To-Energy Technology

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Senator Win Gatchalian expresses dismay over a report by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) that only 30% percent of barangays nationwide, or an estimated 12,614 out of 42,045, are practicing segregation, emphasizing that the waste heirarchy of ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ (3Rs) is a failure.

“The 3Rs is a failure, yung reuse, reduce, recycle because only 30% of the barangays conduct 3Rs, 70% ay tinatapon lang sa kung saan-saan,” stresses Gatchalian.

The Chairman of the Committee on Energy at the Senate calls out the DENR to failing to fully implement the Solid Waste Management Act with 331 illegal dumpsites still operational in the country. Part of the DENR’s mandate is to close illegal dumpsites.

The Senator believes that it is now the time for the government to consider the adoption of Waste-to-Energy (WTE) facilities in the treatment and disposal of solid waste.

Gatchalian’s Senate Bill No. 363 or the Waste-to-Energy Act (WTE Act) seeks to provide a framework for the entire value chain of WTE facilities, and, in turn, ensure the uninterrupted supply of waste as feedstock.

Gatchalian believes that the immediate passage of the WTE Act will not only encourage the development of new technologies in the treatment and disposal of solid waste, it also supports the expansion of bioenergy to attain sustainable energy.

Meanwhile, Gatchalian has pressed the DENR, DOE, and the Department of Science and technology (DOST) to come up with their own collaborative study to look at the capacity, potential for energy and environmental concerns for them to have some preliminary idea on how energy can solve our solid waste issues in the country. (senate.gov.ph)

Photo Credit: facebook.com/WinGatchalian74