Cebu garbage station closed

CEBU CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has shut down a garbage station here after its private operator hired by the local government failed to dispose waste within 24 hours.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources shuts down this garbage transfer station in the village of Inayawan in Cebu City for violating environmental laws. (Environmental Management Bureau)

It said the operator John Javier, owner of Docast Construction, a private garbage hauler hired by the City Government to transport waste materials from the transfer station in the village of Inayawan to the sanitary landfill in Binaliw village, was also fined P105,000.

Paquito Melicor Jr., DENR Acting Regional Director, said they also sent a notice of violation and cease and desist order to Docast Construction. 

“On July 5, 2021, an inspection was conducted by our field personnel on your transfer station located in White Road, Inayawan, Cebu City. Based on the inspection report, it was found out that the wastes therein were stored beyond 24-hours already, in violation of section 25 of Republic Act 9003,” the notice said. 

Melicor said the provision of the law set the guidelines for transfer stations which required their operators to comply with the environment standards and guidelines and prohibited the storage of garbage beyond 24 hours. 

The inspection team, according to the notice, observed that the wastes had reached 10.8-meter high virtually making it an “open dumpsite” 

Melicor said the stockpile of garbage pose a danger to the lives and limbs of the employees and the waste pickers. He reminded Javier that open dumping of garbage is prohibited under the law. 

Javier was ordered to immediately dispose all the garbage remaining at the Inayawan transfer station by transporting them to the sanitary landfill. The company was also ordered to stop accepting waste from the city. (John Rey Saavedra)

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