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Philippines
2007
Showcase
Solid Waste Management as a Social Enterprise:
A Community-based 3R Approach
Project Site Location Bago City
2009
Background - Problems Addressed and Policy Responses
Bago was once adjudged as one of the dirtiest cities in the
region, with a high incidence of poverty and malnutrition,
as well as health problems arising from lack of solid waste
management (SWM). This project was initiated in line with
the city’s community-based SWM programme to address the
issues and establish a financially self-sustained community
waste-collection and compost system.
A junk dealer loading recyclables collected
from households and a landfill site
Project Outline - Objectives and Activities
As the first city to adopt the Takakura composting method in the Philippines, Bago became the focus
for demonstration and training of this method. A composting centre within it started producing quality
compost using organic waste from vegetable markets, provided to farmers and residents for free.
Household-based composting was also practiced in model communities, where compost containers with
seed compost were provided for free by the city. The project was assisted by local NGOs, housewife
groups, schools and other citizens.
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Impacts and Achievements
Key outcomes of the project were a 50% reduction in waste (from 40 to 20 tonnes/day), recognition and
endorsement of the method by the National SWM Commission and transfer of the practice to other cities
via city-to-city cooperation. Many households have also adopted the method and use kitchen waste
compost on their land. Educational workbooks for primary and secondary schools were also made and an
educational notebook was distributed to pupils as part of an informational campaign, which they use daily
at school.
Future Challenges
One of the remaining challenges is to replicate composting centres throughout the city and expand the
household-based composting practices to other communities. Another is in raising incomes from the
sale of compost and recyclables to sustain composting centre operations and material recovery facilities
(MRF). Maintaining Bago City as the national training centre for the composting method and continuing
technology transfer to other key areas, as well as reproduction of workbooks for all schools within the city
will remain ongoing challenges.
General Information
Name of the Implementing Organisation:
Bago City Hall
Type of Organisation: Governmental Organisation
Contact: Vicente Doctora Mesias
Office of the City Mayor, Bago City Hall, Bago City, Negros Occidental, Philippines
Tel: +63-34-461-0164 Fax: +63-34-732-8036 E-mail: jvicmesias@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.bagocity.gov.ph/index2.htm
Project Reviewer (NetRes / Collaborators) that monitors the project:
Toshizo Maeda, Kitakyushu Urban Center, IGES
E-mail: maeda@iges.or.jp
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