DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 January) — Environmental groups and local residents have asked the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to withdraw its support for the waste-to-energy (WT…
DAVAO CITY — Environmental groups and local residents have asked the Japan International Cooperation Agency to withdraw its support for the waste-to-energy project of the local government of Davao.
The forum was organized by the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives Asia Pacific, Ecowaste Coalition, and IDIS in partnership with Ecoteneo, Masipag Mindanao, Panalipdan Youth-Davao, and Saligan-Mindanaw.The local government plans to build a WTE project on a 10-hectare property in Biao Escuela, Tugbok District.
In a resolution authored by Davao City’s 1st District Councilor Tek Ocampo, the Sangguniang Panlungsod said the country should seize the opportunities offered by the Japanese government to avail of the technical and financial assistance to develop sustainable ways of managing solid waste. The environmental advocates point out that the wastes generated in the city are 50-percent organic, which cannot be utilized to fuel a WTE technology.
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