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Except for the Payatas facility in Quezon City and the Tanza CDF in Navotas, all open dumps operating in Metro Manila were officially closed last Feb. 16 as ordered by law — the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000.


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Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Bayani Fernando made the announcement in compliance with Republic Act 9003, or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000.


Under the law, all open dumps are to be closed yesterday to pave the way for the takeover of sanitary landfills.  


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                    [Summary] => The folks on the other side of the river may not like the stench of garbage wafting in their side of the air space, but they will just have to still cover their noses because garbage, in any language, stinks. 


But the stink can be minimized further, Navotas authorities said yesterday.


Navotas is not blind to Obando’s legitimate grievances and will do its best to find solutions the best way it can without prejudicing its own interests, Navotas Mayor Tobias Reynald Tiangco said yesterday.


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NATIONAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT BOARD

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Navotas dump open to interested LGUs

By Jerry Botial | February 26, 2006 - 12:00am

In the face of an imminent garbage crisis arising from the closure of open dumps in Metro Manila, Navotas Mayor Toby Tiangco said yesterday the Tanza controlled disposal facility (CDF) can still absorb additional...

Metro

MMDA: Metro dumps now closed

By Michael Punongbayan | February 17, 2006 - 12:00am

Except for the Payatas facility in Quezon City and another located in Navotas, all open dumps operating in Metro Manila were deemed closed yesterday. Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Bayani...

Metro

Navotas dump is legal, safe — Tiangco

By Jerry Botial | July 21, 2004 - 12:00am

The folks on the other side of the river may not like the stench of garbage wafting in their side of the air space, but they will just have to still cover their noses because garbage, in any language, stinks. But...

Metro