Attachment 1 General Santos Waste Management Plan Executive Summary
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ATTACHMENT 1 GENERAL SANTOS WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY General Santos City, popularly known as the Philippines’ Tuna Capital, has exerted serious efforts in addressing its Solid Waste Management (SWM) problems. Its increasing population and economic activities have brought about the urgent need to identify strategic actions aimed at improving its SWM program for improved public health and sustainable environmental management. At present, the City’s solid waste management problems include, among others: rising solid waste generation; limited waste diversion efforts; improper disposal management; and limited public and private sector participation. This 10-Year Ecological Solid Waste Management (ESWM) Plan of the City updated through the collaboration with the regional offices of Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) in Region XII in response to the growing critical Solid Waste Management concerns of the City and in consultation with its various stakeholders. This Ecological Solid Waste Management Plan of General Santos City seeks to achieve the following: • Install, improve and sustain appropriate, effective and efficient technologies, physical infrastructure, service delivery mechanisms and processes for waste reduction, collection, processing and disposal. • Build, strengthen and sustain mutually beneficial and effective partnerships and collaborations with civil society and private sector for solid waste management public education, community participation and service delivery. • Create necessary policies and mechanisms to build, strengthen and sustain small and medium enterprises for the service delivery of solid waste management. • Reduce LGU subsidies in solid waste management and generate revenues from waste management processes in solid waste reduction, collection, processing and disposal. • Complement pertinent agencies and institutions in achieving their respective mandates that relate to solid waste management, especially in standards enforcement, public education and special projects. • Establish, implement and continuously improve governance and management policies, competencies, systems and structures for solid waste management. Specifically, the Plan intends to achieve the following objectives: • Ensure that 100% of City residents are aware and practicing waste segregation at source by 2017; • Divert at least 70.7% of daily waste generated in collection area in 2017 and 90% by end of year 10; • Expand the City’s waste collection coverage in 2017 ; • Pilot-testing at specific waste generating point sources are established in 2017 as learning sites for Solid Waste Management implementation; • Establish an effective and efficient waste collection system adopted by 2017; • Operate a number of community based composting facilities by 2017, and the City Material Recovery Facility (MRF) by 2018 fully operational; • Operate the City’s RA 9003 compliant category 4 sanitary landfill by mid2016; • Enforce the comprehensive Ecological Solid Waste Management Ordinance No. 12, Series of 2008 in support to the implementation of the 10-year Ecological Solid Waste Management plan by 2016; • Establish a sustainable Solid Waste Management implementation mechanism by 2016 with clear accountability, sufficient budget allocation and local policy and enforcement support; • Strengthen the collaboration among key stakeholders, including the barangays, national government agencies (NGA), communities, non-government organizations (NGO), private sector (PS) and the people’s organizations (POs) In relation to the above objectives, strategic actions have been identified in relation to waste segregation and reduction at source, segregated collection and transport, material recovery and processing, and disposal management. Solid Waste Management strategies are based on existing conditions, provisions of Republic Act 9003 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations, and the results of the Waste Assessment and Characterization Study (WACS) conducted. Key considerations as basis in an Integrated Sustainable Waste Management (ISWM) planning • Location and accessibility of the City in relation to its neighboring cities and Provinces and Regions - Most strategic entry point to the Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asean Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) region - Good road networks linking the City to various cities and provinces in Mindanao - International standard airport with 3.2 km runway, 3-berth fish port and expanded seaport as access to all points in the country by land, sea and air transport - Transshipment point of goods and services to international markets - Education center and Hospitals with modern facilities • Geophysical and Political Features - 26 barangays - 22 classified as urban barangays, and four rural barangays - Located in GSC are 3 sluggish rivers, 6 creeks within the City, 3 large cold springs, and several minor springs as potential source of water - Rivers drain directly to the Sarangani Bay - Underground water usually shallow. • Economic Sector - Country’s tuna capital - “Most Competitive City in the Philippines “for two consecutive years - An alternate Information Communication Technology hub outside of Metro Manila - The country’s number 1 exporter of sashimi-grade tuna - Economic hub in the South Cotabato-Cotabato City-Sultan Kudarat-Sarangani Province-General Santos City (SOCCSKSARGEN) region - Home of large agri-based industries - Developing and promoting the Tuna Value Added Products (TVAP) as the City’s One Town One Product (OTOP) - Agricultural and livestock production in about 26,000 hectares of land makes the City’s economy more vibrant - Large recyclers, consolidators and junkshops - Region 12’s center of commerce and trade, finance, services and education. • Solid Waste Management strategies adopted are based on Waste Assessment Characterization Survey major findings: Waste Assessment Characterization Survey (WACS) Result - Average per capita waste generation from households within the collection area is 0.44 kg per day for the urban areas and 0.33 kg/day for rural areas; - Average per capita waste generation from all sources is 0.62 kg per day within the collection area and 0.55 kg per day for the entire City. - Total waste generation within the collection area is approximately 169,961 kilos per day; major waste generators within the collection area are the households, Public Market and food establishments: 66% are biodegradable; ⇒16% are recyclable; ⇒18% are residual; ⇒0.5% is special. Total waste generation within the whole City amounts to 292 tons/day: ⇒Households account for 76% (222 tons/day) of the total wastes generated within the whole City; ⇒Industries, food establishments and Public Market comprise 4.9%, 4.3% and 4.1%, respectively, of the City’s waste generation; ⇒64% of total wastes generated within the City are biodegradable ⇒16% are recyclable; ⇒20% are residual; ⇒0.4% is special wastes. Estimated volume of waste disposed at the City’s disposal facility is 91 tons/day. R-II Builders/Phil Ecology Systems Consortium Incorporated, in coordination with the GSC-LGU, particularly the Waste Management Office (WMO) and the Special Projects Division of the City Planning and Development Office (CPDO) conform the Sanitary Landfill (SLF) pre-engineering design activities to the city’s WACS result. Other factors that were considered in Integrated Solid Waste Management Planning include: • Current Solid Waste Management Practices - Recyclable waste are usually segregated and sold to local junkshops; - Generally waste generators are aware and practice waste segregation; - None segregate collection discouraged sustainability, particularly in areas covered by the City collection system because of the inadequate support in engineering component i.e. equipment requirement, and collection system; - Some waste collectors hired by major business establishment bring their mixed wastes to common collection points such as markets; - Uncollected wastes are usually burned or illegally dumped in streets, canals, vacant lots; - Segregation and diversion are practiced by some industries, some schools, puroks and barangays. • LGU Solid Waste Management Services and Resources Solid Waste Management Organization City Environment & Natural Resources Office (CENRO) created in 1996 with Solid Waste Management Division; this division has plantilla positions of 115. In 2007, same 68 job orders were filled to augment manpower requirement; The City created its Sustainable Waste Management Board (SuWMB) through City Ordinance No. 14, Series of 2005 amended by Ordinance No. 28, Series of 2014; Barangay Solid Waste Management committees are created in most barangays Waste Management Office (WMO) created through Ordinance No.13, Series of 2012 with 149 plantilla positions. Job orders hired are 244 personnel but only 80 of these assign at collection services. • Current Solid Waste Management Program - Recyclable Waste Fair is conducted during Earth Day Celebration as part of the social campaign on Solid Waste Management and a regular activity of the Solid Waste Management Board. - Information, Education Campaign (IEC) activities are ongoing; - Provided collection services to markets, City hall, playground, business establishments and households along major roads; - With 16 collection vehicles (1 armroll, 6 compactors and 6 mini dump trucks, and 3 ten-wheeler trucks) - Staff of the Waste Management Office has established vermi composting at the WMO compound; - The Waste