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First sanitary landfill in Mindanao opens in Davao

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DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Mayor Rodrigo Duterte led local officials in formally opening over the weekend a multimillion-peso sanitary landfill – the first in Mindanao – in Barangay New Carmen, Tugbok district this city.

The P268-million landfill is expected to address the volume of garbage churned out by the city’s 1.6 million residents that reached 272,916 cubic meters from January to August this year.

Last year, a total of 358,572 cubic meters of wastes were collected from households and commercial and industrial establishments in the city.

“This is one project that I vowed the city would really have,” said Duterte, stressing that the city government gives priority to environmental concerns.

He said the city government continues to think of ways on how to effectively collect wastes, as he observed how scavengers mindlessly scatter garbage from trash bins.

BARANGAY NEW CARMEN

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CUBIC

DUTERTE

GARBAGE

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LANDFILL

MAYOR RODRIGO DUTERTE

MINDANAO

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