Baguio City’s Garbage Problem Worsen

Baguio City-It began as a protest action by the affected residents calling for city officials to finally close the open dumpsite in Barangay (village) Irisan. The protesters invoked the law that created the Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 and the danger the dumpsite poses to the lives and properties in the neighborhoods.

But since last Monday (July 14, 2008) when the protest action started, no immediate resolution was made even after negotiation and informal talks between parties were conducted. The city mayor is a no show in every meeting called by the protesters. Only those lower in ranks managed to face and made dialogs with the residents.

So what came next was a bigger problem for the entire city because uncollected garbage spread randomly in and around the city. The central business district is in a messy state with all the garbage piling up high in busy roads and streets. The City of Pines now stinks and the locals seem not paying attention on their responsibilities to carefully manage properly their waste disposal.

But since last Monday (July 14, 2008) when the protest action started, no immediate resolution was made even after negotiation and informal talks between parties were conducted. The city mayor is a no show in every meeting called by the protesters. Only those lower in ranks managed to face and made dialogs with the residents.

So what came next was a bigger problem for the entire city because uncollected garbage spread randomly in and around the city. The central business district is in a messy state with all the garbage piling up high in busy roads and streets. The City of Pines now stinks and the locals seem not paying attention on their responsibilities to carefully manage properly their waste disposal.