Solving the Garbage Problem
April 21, 2009 by lisa
Filed under better baguio initiative
Renie Paoayan wrote his suggestions on the city’s trash collection issues in Garbage Fees Hiked 1000% and submitted them in the comments section therein. I have reproduced his comment in toto here instead (note that I edited it only to put bullet points for emphasis and easier reading) because his thoughts might just go unnoticed as a lengthy comment in an archived post. Because with the local government’s failure (is it inability or is it refusal?) to collect our garbage, what is being attacked is not only our health, our income as a tourist destination but also the spirit of the people of Baguio.
Since apparently the city leaders cannot rely on their own capability to resolve this situation and cannot rely either on the thousands of employees working in for city hall whose salaries we have been paying for to come up with solutions, maybe the city leaders should listen to and tap civil society because we are students, parents, businessmen and employees who, everyday, use the simplest and most direct approaches to solve any problems we may encounter in our lives.
Please read what Renie wrote:
“Baguio City was declared a calamity area last July 2008 due to people’s inconsiderate garbage mishandling and the local government’s garbage mismanagement.
