Environmental groups on Monday said it supports the call of a member of the Quezon City Council to disallow the use of the Payatas Sanitary Landfill for wastes coming from other countries.
Councilor Dorothy Delarmente of First District of Quezon City recently filed a resolution which expressed strong disapproval against any plan to dispose of or dump foreign wastes at the Quezon City Landfill.
At least 24 environmental groups and several labor groups said the proposed resolution will serve as a deterrent against any move to dump Canadian wastes at the city’s controlled landfill.
The Payatas Sanitary Landfill used to be an open dumpsite before the Quezon City government started rehabilitation in 2001 following the death of 218 people, mostly residents who live at shanties around the foot of the mountain of garbage that collapsed only July 1, 2000 after days of unusually excessive rainfall.
Backing the City Council’s approval of the resolution were Quezon City-based groups, such as Ang NARS; Arugaan; Associated Labor Unions-TUCP; Bangon Kalikasan Movement; Ban Toxics; Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino-NCR; Citizens’ Organizations Concerned with Advocating Philippine Environmental Sustainability; EcoWaste Coalition; Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives; Green Convergence; Greenpeace; Health Care Without Harm; Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment; Mother Earth Foundation; Oceana Philippines; Piglas Kababaihan; Public Services Labor Independent Confederation; Sentro ng mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa; WomanHealth Philippines; and Zero Waste Philippines. - by Jonathan L. Mayuga / Business Mirror
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