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DENR turns over 100 yellow trash bins to Manila City, for proper disposal of 'household healthcare wastes'
DENR turns over 100 yellow trash bins to Manila City, for proper disposal of 'household healthcare wastes'
An initial 100 pieces of yellow trash bins have been turned over by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to the Manila city government to ensure proper disposal of household health care wastes, such as used face masks.
The yellow trash bins will be distributed to 100 barangays in Manila to help address their concerns over proper disposal of face masks, surgical gloves, and other personal protective equipment (PPE) considered as household healthcare waste.
The trash bins will be used solely for these wastes to prevent contaminating other litter.
“Another 300 will be provided and a third batch will be coming until all the 800 barangays will have their own yellow trash bins to ensure that residents and businesses know where to throw these potentially infectious and contaminated COVID-19-related wastes,” DENR Undersecretary for Solid Waste Management and Local Government Units Concerns Benny Antiporda said.
During the turnover on Monday, Nov. 16, the DENR official hailed the efforts of the city government of Manila to implement efficient solid waste management and to clean up the city even at the height of typhoon “Ulysses.”
“We wish to thank all Manileños, led by Mayor Isko , for their untiring efforts to manage solid waste disposal in the city and to sustain our Manila Bay rehabilitation efforts,” Antiporda said.
He also recognized the Manila Department of Public Services-Team Mandaragat for its quick response and immediate action to clean up the historic bay before, during, and in the aftermath of typhoon Ulysses.
Aside from solid waste management and the bay cleanup, Manila has also embarked on various activities such as creating vertical and horizontal gardens, and more open spaces to improve air quality.
Antiporda commended Domagoso for “giving importance to cleaning and greening a big and highly-populated city like Manila.”
“It is thus but fitting that we give back to the city to enable them to carry out this formidable task as our partners in environmental protection,” he said.