𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗥𝗢 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗦 𝗦𝗪𝗠 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗡, 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗦 𝗪𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗬𝗦𝗜𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗬

The Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office (MENRO) concluded its three-day Waste Analysis and Characterization Study (WACS) on June 20-22, in preparation for the 2027-2037 Solid Waste Management Plan.

Officials and volunteers from the 16 barangays collected, weighed and segregated trash samples from varying sources of households, educational institutions, commercial establishments, and industrial businesses.

“This part of the study measures the average waste produced by an individual, barangay, and sector. Serving to produce essential data, this is also a prerequisite for the creation of La Trinidad’s 10-year Solid Waste Management Plan,” said MENRO Designate Arthur Pedro.

Mayor Roderick Awingan personally supervised the process and thanked DOST-Industrial Technology Development Institute and Environmental Management Bureau-DENR for providing technical assistance through training and during the event itself.

Additionally, an end-of-pipe survey will then be carried out to measure the exact volume and composition a final disposing site receives after segregation efforts took place.

The WACS is a major component of the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 (RA 9003) which mandates the strict segregation of waste from all sources.

Author: 𝘙𝘙. 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘢-𝘢𝘺

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