The Payatas Dumpsite: From Tragedy To Triumph
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The Payatas Dumpsite: From Tragedy To Triumph
Perhaps, no other dumpsite can evoke perspectives so extreme. From a scene of tragedy and shame, to become a showcase of best practices, recognized not only locally but internationally. From a poster child of hopelessness, to the Payatas residents’ becoming entrepreneurs, learning about consolidation and expansion.
All these in just seven years. All it took was a determined local government that refused to be locked by traditional approaches. Stubborn political will, practical sense the dumpsite had to be managed well because it was all that Quezon City had), and orientation to be a pioneer (Quezon City liked being first), the availability of technology and the resources to engage that technology were the key ingredients in this dramatic transformation.
Quezon City Mayor Feliciano “Sonny†Belmonte reduced the main considerations to the following, “We had to follow the full spirit of the law (the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 or Republic Act No. 9003); we had to take care of the people; we had to keep the City clean.â€
On January 26, 2009, the Payatas Disposal Facility rehabilitation program of the Quezon City government, will receive an award from the President of the Philippines and the Galing Pook Foundation, highlighting the many forms of recognition that it has received over the past few years. The program is pioneering. Quezon City is the first Urban Center to implement the Solid Waste Management Act. The Department of Environment and natural Resources’ Special Award was given to the Quezon City local government in August 2004, recognized the LGU’s “promising and innovative program in achieving environmental improvements with the conversion of the Payatas Dumpsite into a Controlled Facility and being the first in the country to capture methane gas from the dumpsite as an alternative energy source, thus ensuring the health and safety of the community.â€
The Belmonte Administration’s reengineering interventions improved the dumpsite’s operational efficiency, restructured, and upgraded the dumpsite, while resulting in savings on its operating costs, and at the same time, making the facility safer and more environment-friendly. The program is widely recognized for being a laboratory and showcase for solid waste management initiatives and a model for other local governments.
The Payatas dumpsite has become a destination and a must-see in Quezon City for students and local and foreign institution representatives, as part of their learning experience, and for other visitors who simple want to see the vast improvement in the disposal facility, that ensures safety of areas near the dumpsite and provides livelihood opportunities to the residents.
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The Payatas Dumpsite: From Tragedy To Triumph
Perhaps, no other dumpsite can evoke perspectives so extreme. From a scene of tragedy and shame, to become a showcase of best practices, recognized not only locally but internationally. From a poster child of hopelessness, to the Payatas residents’ becoming entrepreneurs, learning about consolidation and expansion.
All these in just seven years. All it took was a determined local government that refused to be locked by traditional approaches. Stubborn political will, practical sense the dumpsite had to be managed well because it was all that Quezon City had), and orientation to be a pioneer (Quezon City liked being first), the availability of technology and the resources to engage that technology were the key ingredients in this dramatic transformation.
Quezon City Mayor Feliciano “Sonny†Belmonte reduced the main considerations to the following, “We had to follow the full spirit of the law (the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 or Republic Act No. 9003); we had to take care of the people; we had to keep the City clean.â€
On January 26, 2009, the Payatas Disposal Facility rehabilitation program of the Quezon City government, will receive an award from the President of the Philippines and the Galing Pook Foundation, highlighting the many forms of recognition that it has received over the past few years. The program is pioneering. Quezon City is the first Urban Center to implement the Solid Waste Management Act. The Department of Environment and natural Resources’ Special Award was given to the Quezon City local government in August 2004, recognized the LGU’s “promising and innovative program in achieving environmental improvements with the conversion of the Payatas Dumpsite into a Controlled Facility and being the first in the country to capture methane gas from the dumpsite as an alternative energy source, thus ensuring the health and safety of the community.â€
The Belmonte Administration’s reengineering interventions improved the dumpsite’s operational efficiency, restructured, and upgraded the dumpsite, while resulting in savings on its operating costs, and at the same time, making the facility safer and more environment-friendly. The program is widely recognized for being a laboratory and showcase for solid waste management initiatives and a model for other local governments.
The Payatas dumpsite has become a destination and a must-see in Quezon City for students and local and foreign institution representatives, as part of their learning experience, and for other visitors who simple want to see the vast improvement in the disposal facility, that ensures safety of areas near the dumpsite and provides livelihood opportunities to the residents.
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maria flor*Reducing greenhouse gases
In 2007, QC signed an agreement with Italy-based environmental firm PANGEA Green Energy and its local counterpart, PANGEA Phils., for the development and implementation of the Biogas Emissions Reduction Project. This is the first clean development mechanism (CDM) project in solid waste management in the Philippines and in Southeast Asia.
It was registered under the Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on Febrauary 1, 2008. The Project, which converts biogas emissions into electricity, will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an annual average of 116,000 tonnes CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent). It will improve local air, water and soil quality, eliminate fires and explosion hazards and trashslides in the dumpsite.
Aside from generating electricity, employment and building capacity from the transfer of technology and know-how, the City will gain additional financial resources with its share from the sale of CERs (Certified Emission Reduction) or carbon credits and the electricity generated and exported to the grid. This is Quezon City’s humble contribution to the mitigation of global warming and climate change.
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maria flor* Using old tires for cement manufacturing
he Used Tire Retrieval project with Holcim Cement, is an innovative and environment-friendly management of discarded tires. More than 600,000 used tires dumped at the disposal facility have been retrieved and cleaned, and transported to Holcim’s plant, where the tires are used as alternative fuel in the production of cement.
There are also plans for Holcim to recover residual plastic materials from the dumpsite for use in the same manner. Should this project prosper, we expect a huge reduction in plastics that is finally deposited at the dumpsite, aside from additional income for the waste pickers.
Wastepickers raise their livelihood ambitions
The Payatas dumpsite is the major source of livelihood of more than 5,000 individuals (including approximately 2,000 engaged in waste picking and around 3,000 in the underground economy). Waste pickers enhance the City’s Waste Diversion Program with the recovery of around 7% recyclables from incoming waste, further reducing volume of garbage being dumped at the facility.
Ironically, the City’s strict implementation of RA 9003 has led to reduction in the quantity and quality of the recyclable content of waste brought to the dumpsite, leading also to drastic reduction in the income of waste pickers.
To prevent infighting among the scavengers and enhance their recovery efficiency, the waste pickers are organized into formal groups which are accredited, regularly consulted with and whose inputs are seriously considered in the formulation of operating systems in the management of the dumpsite. Sorting and recycling areas are allocated to these groups to facilitate their livelihood.
Junkshop operators are given assistance in legitimizing their business or operation. Through networks and linkages developed and facilitated by the City, scavengers, recyclers and junkshop operators can avail of financing, education and skills training, that would enable them to earn additional income and/ or embark on alternative livelihood. Some groups are amortizing trucks to become collectors of garbage in nearby communities, thereby raising their income prospects.
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