Aiming for a garbage-free community, the municipal government has rallied its residents to practice proper waste management by introducing measures that aim to save the environment and provide livelihood opportunities through waste composting and vermicomposting.

During a recently concluded seminar supervised by the Binangonan Municipal Agriculture Office (MAO) through the Gender and Development Program of the local government unit, some 50 participants from the agriculture sector including fishermen and farmers, and the women’s group based in the municipality, were taught some techniques on how to recycle organic waste through natural means.

The office of Mayor Cesar Ynares, a pro-environment advocate, has tapped the MAO to conduct lectures that will teach residents on waste recycling- through composting and vermicomposting.

Composting, which is a natural way of recycling organic wastes such as household food scraps, dried leaves and other organic matter to produce fertilizer, has been helping some farmers in increasing food production as a means of livelihood for their family.

Using specific kinds of earthworms, the process of vermicomposting, the process of decomposing food waste to produce organic fertilizer, has also been introduced to the residents during the lecture seminar held recently at the Binangonan Recreation and Conference Center.

Compost materials are sometimes sold in some agriculture bazaars at competitive prices.