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CEBU CITY’S GARBAGE PROBLEM: WHAT’S THE PLAN?
Join us on Beyond the Headlines as Cebu City Councilor Harold Go discusses the city’s recurring garbage collection problems and plans to improve solid waste management.
What short-term measures are being taken, and what are the city’s long-term plans for a cleaner and more sustainable Cebu City?
Go will also discuss the proposed solid waste management action plan, garbage collection challenges, and the future of the SRP transfer station.
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Beyond the Headlines — Look Deeper. Think Deeper.
Join us on Beyond the Headlines as Cebu City Councilor Harold Go discusses the city’s recurring garbage collection problems and plans to improve solid waste management.
What short-term measures are being taken, and what are the city’s long-term plans for a cleaner and more sustainable Cebu City?
Go will also discuss the proposed solid waste management action plan, garbage collection challenges, and the future of the SRP transfer station.
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00:59Then, everything else.
01:03Good afternoon and welcome to Beyond the Headlines.
01:06I'm DJ Moises and today's conversation is brought to us by Coffee First.
01:10When waste remains uncollected, it can affect public health, businesses, tourism, the environment, and people's confidence in basic government services.
01:20So what exactly is causing the problem?
01:23And more importantly, what can Cebu City do to finally solve it?
01:28Let's look deeper and think better.
01:31Joining us is Cebu City Councilor Harold Goh, who proposed a resolution calling for both an immediate six-month action
01:39plan and a long-term solid waste management strategy covering the next 10 years.
01:44So, hi, Cons. Welcome to Beyond the Headlines.
01:47Hi, sir, DJ. Thank you for having me.
01:52Yes, we're also just as grateful that you granted also us with your time.
01:58Okay.
01:58Ang atong conversation, Dikeron, is really relevant to a lot of Cebuanos.
02:02So I'll start with the proposed resolution calls.
02:05So what led to the proposal?
02:07What change do you wish to see in terms of garbage collection?
02:12Okay, what the proposal was to ask the mayor for his long-term and short-term plan with regards to
02:19the garbage problem?
02:20Because ang sakong nakita, Manggud, medyo nata sa stage karoon na nag-trial and error ang city kung unsa ilang
02:28himoon.
02:28And there is no clear direction na coming from the Executive Department kung unsa gita yang gusto maitabo.
02:35So, because for all we know, we just get reports from our constituents na daghan mga reklamo ng ilang basura,
02:41nag-pile up na, wala pa kwaa.
02:43So, sa scheduling pa lang daan, there's already a miscommunication.
02:47So, what should be important is na ma-inform ang public kung kanusa ang schedule sa collection na ma-aware
02:56tanong kung kanusaan na ipagawas ang ilang mga basura.
02:58Maradili kayo ilang i-tumbak sa usaka area, kaya tungod lagi yung way ni Kulikta, ilalang pasagdad ni ha.
03:04So, ang resulta, manimahog yun ang usaka lugar, usaka sityo, usaka barangay.
03:09And ang result nga part naging himoon sa city, kayo magsigig usap-usap sa plano.
03:15Karoon, kanya itong himoon, pwede sila mo dump ani, nai-schedule MWF, usay, ilisa na sa TTHO.
03:20So, huwag it siya'y klaro ba na lahog nga, tisti nga na to ni Karoon, o nai-reklamo, usbo
03:27na sa ng pamagi.
03:28So, unsamagid ang sakto nga schedule sa pagkulikta sa mga basura.
03:33Now, based on what you are seeing on the ground, Kans, because I know that you're among the counselors, you
03:40know,
03:40who would make time to be on the ground and listen to the pulse, no, of the general public.
03:46From your observation, or at least from what your office is receiving ba,
03:51how widespread ba is the garbage collection issue in Cebu City?
03:56It's all over Metro Cebu.
03:58Now, nahiboong lang ko, nga nung sa tanan mga lungsod,
04:02ang Lapu-Lapu, Mandawi, Talisay, maybe Consolation, Cordoba,
04:08they're not encountering din problem.
04:10Nga nung Cebu City na may napoblimaan eh.
04:13Hmm. So, because, correct me if I'm wrong, Cons, no, but
04:19ang perception po sa everyday Cebuanos like me,
04:22it has something to do with the closure of Binalio.
04:27So, from what you're hearing, is it the main cause,
04:30or there are also factors such as schedule and efficiency?
04:34I really do not know, sir, because kung mayin ka na sirado ang Binalio,
04:38ah, sama din ang labay si Mandawi, si Talisay, si Lapu-Lapu.
04:43These are our neighboring cities.
04:45So, nga nung nahandol man nila,
04:47oh, insakto ang ilang basura,
04:48nga huwag may similar issue sa Cebu City,
04:51nga magpoblimata sa collection,
04:53ang kaning magpakulikta sa itong basura,
04:55na huwag nga palakasay na lang siya,
04:57kung kinsa'y naikaila dito,
04:58dito pa makahangyo para ma-pull out ang basura.
05:01So, it has reached to that level.
05:03So, I am very, very curious.
05:06Nga nung Cebu City ray na problema ni ang basura na issue?
05:10Okay, I understand that the Binalio nasirado.
05:12But, can you explain?
05:14Nga nung wakman lagi na problema ang Mandawi,
05:16ana, Talisay, Lapu-Lapu?
05:19These are our neighboring cities.
05:21Actually, when you were raising those questions,
05:23I was also thinking, and you are right, no?
05:25Because prior to the closure of Binalio,
05:28the three, the tri-cities, no?
05:31Are utilizing the same landfill, which is Binalio.
05:34So, you are right, no?
05:35I would agree.
05:36If they're not experiencing problems,
05:37then why are we having this problem?
05:39So, among the areas, Kwan,
05:41naka nang na-curious po ko,
05:43because finally, somebody is already asking
05:45for the short-term and the long-term plans, no?
05:48So, let's start with the short-term plans.
05:51What do you wish, man, for the executive
05:53should share to the council,
05:56and eventually the public,
05:57regarding the short-term solution
05:59that we have in terms of waste management?
06:03Okay, sir.
06:04Regarding sa short-term plan,
06:06they should coordinate with other special bodies
06:11na na-aadya na empower anak nila
06:13kung unsagid ang atong short-term plan.
06:16Ano nga ato?
06:17Dili, mag-usap-usap sa schedule ba?
06:19Every week, naibag kong paagi.
06:21Every week, usap na saad.
06:22So, there's a lot of changes.
06:24And I know that we are in this situation together.
06:28So, na, nga,
06:31claro ang direction,
06:32it has to be firm,
06:34it has to be clear,
06:35so that ang mga barangay officials na to,
06:38kabaho sila nga unsay ilang direction,
06:39unsay himoon.
06:41Asasad kami yung mga city officials,
06:42kabaho, said me,
06:43kung unsay plano,
06:45sa toawang city,
06:46nga asasad na padulong.
06:48Okay, right now,
06:49it seems to me
06:51that there is no direction
06:52with regards to
06:53unsay himoon na ning garbage issue.
06:56They claim,
06:57nga na ah,
06:58pero wako'y nakita.
07:03At least,
07:04na-curious ng Pudkukons
07:05because the last,
07:06maybe dili kayo updated
07:08akong information about it,
07:10but my last understanding is
07:12there was,
07:13or maybe there is,
07:14so I don't know,
07:15there was or there is
07:16a transfer station
07:17somewhere in SRP,
07:19but it was actually
07:20put on hold by DNR.
07:22So was that already
07:23enforced na ba?
07:26I think so.
07:27It was already enforced
07:28nga nag-pull out
07:30na sila na dito.
07:32But napagya po yung
07:33mga basura
07:34nga nabili nito ng area.
07:36And the last time
07:37I heard that
07:38nga nag-plano na sa sila
07:39nga ibalhin nila
07:40sa mabolo.
07:41Yeah, I heard about that also.
07:44Now, in your proposed
07:45kinaing resolution,
07:47you mentioned about
07:48deployment of personnel,
07:50vehicles,
07:51equipment,
07:52do you believe
07:53at least in your
07:54observation or assessment
07:56that aside from
07:58the lack of space,
08:00at least from
08:00what I'm seeing,
08:02and where to dispose
08:03the garbage,
08:04but other than that,
08:06do you also see
08:07a problem
08:08in terms of
08:09deployment of resources,
08:10yun?
08:14Maybe.
08:15I think there's an issue
08:16of allocating
08:18kung asa
08:19napita
08:19nga pagpagbahin
08:21dito sa mga dagko
08:22mga barangay,
08:23dapat nagaanis
08:23lang more allocation.
08:24It cannot be
08:25one is to one.
08:26Dili na pwede nga
08:27usaka track
08:28at uli-assign
08:28ka na barangay.
08:29There are barangays
08:30that are small
08:30that are barangay
08:31sad nga dagko.
08:33Now, the other
08:35thing to this,
08:36we're moving
08:36towards the
08:37long-term
08:38sad na solution
08:39that your office
08:40is also seeking
08:41from the executive,
08:42but before
08:43we move into that,
08:45do you also
08:46think na
08:47Cebu
08:48has
08:49an
08:50alternative
08:52aside from
08:53Binalio?
08:55Because it looks
08:55like
08:58areas
09:02that we are
09:03exploring.
09:04And my basis
09:05for that
09:06is
09:06katubit ang
09:07girelease
09:08information
09:09that the
09:10cease and
09:11desist order
09:11has been
09:12lifted.
09:13So,
09:13it appeared
09:14to me
09:14that was
09:15already
09:15like a
09:15go signal
09:16that we
09:17can go
09:17back
09:17and dispose
09:19the garbage
09:20in Binalio.
09:22It really
09:23depends,
09:24sir,
09:24DJ
09:25kay
09:25that can
09:26mangod
09:26of
09:27third
09:28parties
09:28mag-do
09:29sa mga
09:30mayors,
09:31vice
09:31mayors,
09:32mga
09:32counselors,
09:33that they
09:34have their
09:34own
09:34proposal
09:35na
09:35unsay
09:36maayo
09:36for the
09:37garbage
09:37collection.
09:38And then
09:38we have
09:38to consider
09:39kung
09:40kanina
09:40mga
09:40proposal
09:41existing
09:41na ba
09:42ni siya,
09:43na implement
09:43na ba
09:44ni siya
09:44sa uban
09:44ng mga
09:44lungsod.
09:45Para
09:46macheck
09:46na to
09:46dito,
09:47what
09:47would
09:48fit
09:49Cebu
09:49City
09:49the best?
09:50When you
09:51say
09:51mangod
09:52best
09:52practices,
09:53it's
09:53very big.
09:54What may
09:55be good
09:56for
09:56one
09:56city
09:57might
09:57not
09:57be
09:58good
09:58for
09:58another.
10:00So,
10:00kinalang
10:01tanan,
10:01ako siya,
10:02unsay
10:03bagay
10:03sa
10:04to.
10:04And with
10:05these
10:05different
10:05proposals,
10:06nga
10:07mga
10:07lain-lain,
10:08mga
10:09third-party
10:09consultants,
10:10even
10:10contractor
10:11suppliers,
10:12na
10:14matapok
10:14ni sila,
10:15tanan,
10:15this would
10:16ideally go
10:17through the
10:17Solid Waste
10:18Management
10:18Board,
10:19na dito
10:19sila
10:20mag-discuss
10:20kung unsay
10:21ilahang
10:21mga
10:21recommendations
10:22to the
10:22council.
10:24Now,
10:25among the
10:25things also
10:26that your
10:27office is
10:28requesting the
10:28executive
10:29personally,
10:30that's also
10:31a gap to
10:32me,
10:32because I
10:34know that
10:35your office
10:35is also
10:36seeking for
10:37a long-term
10:37solution.
10:39And I
10:40think you
10:40also
10:40even
10:41cited
10:41long-term
10:42solution
10:43covering
10:432026
10:44to 2036.
10:46So,
10:47what's your
10:49expectation,
10:50man?
10:50What are
10:51the parameters
10:51that you
10:52hope the
10:53executive
10:53will respond
10:54to that?
10:55What's
10:55the wish
10:56list
10:56for the
10:57long-term
10:58solution?
11:01No,
11:01basically,
11:02the long-term
11:02solution is
11:03we have two
11:06major
11:06problems.
11:06One is garbage
11:07collection and
11:08the second one
11:08is asa siya
11:09i-dump.
11:10So,
11:12ultimately,
11:13our constituents,
11:14kanya itong
11:15mga viewers,
11:16kung mga
11:16tana ko nila
11:17karoon,
11:17even sa
11:18imuha,
11:18sir Darwin,
11:19do you know
11:19kanusa ang
11:20schedule sa
11:21pick-up
11:21sa imong
11:22basura?
11:24Unclear
11:24din siya
11:25actually.
11:26Yes,
11:26so,
11:27that's
11:27precisely
11:27it.
11:28Even
11:28ako,
11:28I do
11:29not know
11:29the schedule
11:30kung kanusa
11:30kwaon
11:31ng basura
11:31or kwaon
11:32man or
11:32delay.
11:34So,
11:34this has
11:35to be
11:35incorporated
11:36sa long-term
11:37plan nga,
11:38tanan tao,
11:38makaibaho na
11:39sila nga,
11:39ah,
11:39mauginin siyang
11:40schedule sa
11:40itong
11:41mga
11:41basura.
11:42At
11:42least,
11:42nga,
11:43ma-prepare
11:43tanan kung
11:44dahas na yung
11:44mga basura,
11:45isa nila
11:45ipagawa
11:46street.
11:47kung ato
11:47mang
11:47segregate
11:48ang
11:48malata
11:48o di
11:49malata,
11:50kabaho
11:50takanusa
11:50i-pick
11:51up ang
11:51malata,
11:52makibaho
11:52sa takanusa
11:53kuwaon
11:53ng
11:53delay
11:54malata.
11:55So,
11:55that is
11:56one thing
11:56that I am
11:57looking forward
11:58nga,
11:58ang scheduling
11:59lang nga,
12:00mahan
12:00ay ba?
12:01Nga,
12:02nga,
12:02mag-onugrasun
12:03nga,
12:03ipanghatag nga,
12:04muni muna,
12:05di makuha
12:05kayo,
12:05why driver,
12:06guba ang
12:06truck.
12:07Which cannot be,
12:08dapat the city
12:09should take
12:10care of it.
12:11Kung nai-track
12:11nga ni
12:11bagdown,
12:12dapat na
12:12ito'y
12:13replacement.
12:13Because life
12:14has to go
12:15on.
12:16Pwede nga,
12:16tungod nga,
12:17nagubaan mo
12:17sa katrack mo
12:18na,
12:18ang inyong
12:19basura din
12:19na mo
12:19makuha,
12:20and ang ending
12:21nga na,
12:21taga na
12:22nagbaklag.
12:24Now,
12:25one of the
12:25sections also
12:26of your
12:27proposed
12:27resolution is
12:28your request
12:30also to
12:30update the
12:33city's
12:33solid waste
12:34management
12:35task force.
12:36Kunsa may
12:36nakita na
12:37hindi mo
12:37na gaps
12:38in terms
12:39of the
12:39composition
12:39of the
12:40task force
12:41sa ito
12:41ang current
12:42setup.
12:44Based on
12:45my conversation
12:46with the
12:46current
12:47solid waste
12:48management
12:48board,
12:49wala sila
12:50na empower
12:52kung unsay
12:52ilahang
12:53purpose,
12:54unsay ilang
12:54mandate.
12:56So,
12:57I mean,
12:57they're just
12:57there,
12:58but they're
12:58not really
12:59functioning
12:59as of
13:00now.
13:00And I
13:01have spoke
13:02with members
13:02of their
13:04board,
13:04no?
13:06And then,
13:07can you
13:07also,
13:07Kinang,
13:08at least
13:08educate me
13:09and the
13:10public
13:10cons?
13:10Because
13:10one of
13:11the,
13:11at least
13:11in my
13:12view,
13:12good things
13:13about the
13:14proposal is
13:14the expansion
13:15of the
13:17membership
13:18that this
13:18time will
13:19include
13:19business
13:20sector,
13:20environmental
13:21groups,
13:22and the
13:23rest.
13:23So,
13:23can you
13:24also educate
13:24us better
13:25why you
13:25think
13:27this upgrade
13:28to the
13:29waste
13:30management
13:30board would
13:31be even
13:32more beneficial
13:32to the
13:34Sebu
13:34owners?
13:34There's
13:35no need
13:35to
13:35upgrade
13:36for it,
13:36sir,
13:36because
13:37the
13:38solid waste
13:38management
13:39board
13:40has
13:40a
13:40criteria
13:41for each
13:42sector
13:42that you
13:43represent
13:44their
13:46So,
13:47the
13:47important
13:48thing
13:48is
13:49those
13:49people
13:49that
13:50were
13:50appointed
13:50there
13:52has to
13:53be
13:53empowered.
13:54Okay.
13:55So,
13:55that's
13:56what we
13:57are seeking,
13:57no?
13:58Yes,
13:58because
13:59we have
13:59to
14:00also
14:02learn
14:02to use
14:03these
14:03different
14:04special
14:05bodies
14:06ngayon
14:06sa ilang
14:07expertise.
14:08Kaya kanya
14:09man tag
14:09expert.
14:10So,
14:11kanya sila,
14:11sweet
14:11man sila
14:12napita.
14:13So,
14:13we'll
14:13leave it
14:14up to
14:14them
14:14and
14:14they
14:15will
14:15give
14:15the
14:15recommendation
14:16to
14:17the
14:17council
14:17and
14:18to
14:18the
14:18mayor.
14:19And
14:20from
14:21what
14:21you
14:21were
14:22observing
14:22also
14:23about
14:24finances
14:25or
14:26resources
14:27that
14:28are
14:28required
14:29to
14:30deploy,
14:30to
14:30possibly
14:31deploy
14:31the
14:32long-term
14:33solutions
14:34that
14:35your
14:35office
14:35is
14:35requesting
14:36from
14:36the
14:37executive,
14:38do
14:38you
14:38also
14:38think
14:39that
14:39at
14:39least
14:40the
14:40city
14:40can
14:40afford
14:41if
14:42ever
14:42there
14:42will
14:43be
14:43long-term
14:43solutions
14:44that
14:44will
14:44also
14:44be
14:45proposed.
14:45The
14:46city
14:46needs
14:46to
14:47present
14:47a
14:47feasibility
14:48study
14:49if
14:50the
14:51proposal
14:52is
14:52possible.
14:55So
14:55yes,
14:57go ahead.
14:57And
14:58then
14:58on
14:58this
14:59is
14:59already
14:59my
14:59last
15:00two
15:00questions
15:01and
15:01then
15:02you've
15:03covered
15:03this
15:04in
15:04several
15:05parts
15:05of the
15:05conversation
15:06but
15:06just to
15:07close
15:07the
15:08loop
15:08given
15:09the
15:09short
15:10term
15:10and
15:10the
15:11long
15:11term
15:11solutions
15:12that
15:12your
15:12office
15:13through
15:13the
15:14council
15:14is
15:14requesting
15:15from
15:15the
15:16executive
15:17to
15:17respond
15:18what
15:19change
15:20can
15:20the
15:21Cebuanos
15:21eventually
15:22expect
15:23once
15:23the
15:24executive
15:24would
15:25respond
15:26to
15:26this?
15:27Yes,
15:28Sir Darwin.
15:29It's very
15:30simple.
15:31It's
15:32scheduled
15:33our
15:33pick-up
15:33in
15:34the
15:34trash.
15:36Okay.
15:38Which
15:38is also
15:39fundamental.
15:40Yes,
15:41just to
15:41simplify
15:42everything,
15:43the
15:43simple
15:44thing
15:44is
15:45schedule
15:55Thank you
15:56very much
15:56for your
15:57time
15:57considering
15:57that
15:58this
15:58is
15:58lunch
15:59for
15:59you.
15:59Of
16:00course,
16:00no
16:00problem.
16:01Thank you
16:01very much
16:02for your
16:02time
16:02as
16:02well.
16:03So
16:04that's
16:05Councillor
16:06Harold
16:06Ghosn
16:07of the
16:08Cebu City
16:08Council
16:08and he
16:09just
16:09proposed
16:10a
16:10resolution
16:12requesting
16:12the
16:13executive
16:13for the
16:14short-term
16:14and
16:15long-term
16:15solution
16:15so
16:16that
16:16hopefully
16:17the
16:18collection
16:19even
16:19just
16:20the
16:20schedule
16:20of
16:21garbage
16:22and
16:22collection
16:23and
16:23waste
16:24management
16:24would be
16:25fully
16:25implemented
16:26and this
16:27is for
16:27the benefit
16:28of the
16:29general
16:29public.
16:30So
16:31the
16:31garbage
16:31problem
16:32is
16:32about
16:33public
16:33health,
16:34the
16:34environment,
16:35businesses,
16:36and the
16:37quality of
16:37basic
16:38services
16:38that Cebu
16:39City
16:39residents
16:39deserve.
16:41Cebu
16:41City
16:41needs a
16:42waste
16:42management
16:43system
16:43that is
16:44reliable,
16:45transparent,
16:46and
16:47sustainable.
16:48So I'm
16:48DJ
16:48Moisa,
16:49shout out
16:49to Coffee
16:50First for
16:50supporting
16:50conversations
16:51that matter.
16:52Let's
16:53continue to
16:53look deeper
16:54and think
16:55better.
16:55This has
16:55been Beyond
16:56the Headlines.
16:57Have a
16:57good
16:57afternoon.
17:03one.
17:04It starts
17:05with a
17:05fresh
17:05shot
17:06of
17:06espresso.
17:08Bold,
17:09rich,
17:10bold,
17:11just
17:11right.
17:13Then
17:14comes
17:14the
17:15milk,
17:15steamed
17:16smooth,
17:17creamy,
17:17and balanced.
17:19The
17:19perfect
17:19latte
17:20is not
17:21brushed.
17:21It is
17:22crafted.
17:23One
17:23cup
17:24at a
17:24time.
17:25Your
17:26perfect
17:26latte
17:26is
17:27ready.
17:28Coffee
17:28first,
17:30then
17:30everything
17:31else.
17:45Okay,
17:46have
17:48a
17:49least.
17:50Bye,
17:56have
17:57Bye,
18:03Bye
18:03bye.
18:03Bye,
18:05Bye.
18:06Bye.
18:06Bye.
18:09Bye.
18:09Bye.
18:10Bye.
18:13Bye.
18:15Bye.
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