Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong touted the increased compliance of Baguio residents with garbage disposal mandates as well as the recently established black soldier fly (BSF) facility in Irisan village as crucial for waste management during the recent downpours from Kristine.
According to the mayor, the amount of garbage clogging up the screens in the City Camp Lagoon drainage facilities has significantly decreased during the recent typhoon.
“We expect heavy rains to cause debris pile-ups in City Camp Lagoon, but this past week, we have had only 1/5th, 1/8th of the usual pile-up so we see less waste piling up there,” Magalong said.
According to the mayor, this is a sign that residents and locals are now more stringently following disposal guidelines such as garbage segregation, which has now caused a net decrease in loose waste.
Additionally, Magalong credits the recently-established BSF facility in Irisan as crucial in reducing the city’s output of biodegradables.
“Probably, if you can, you should visit the facility there so you know that there is barely any stench there. The facility will help us handle our food waste problem, and if it takes off, the city will only have to worry about residual and recyclable wastes,” Magalong said.
He added that a yet-unnamed private entity is helping the city propagate its stock of black soldier flies in order to expand food waste processing efforts at no cost to the city.
