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Cebu City's Incoming Mayor, Nestor Archival, Unveils Comprehensive Waste Management Plan
Cebu City's upcoming mayor, Nestor Archival, has announced a waste management strategy that focuses on community-based solutions to tackle the city's enduring waste problems. Central to this strategy is the promotion of waste segregation and composting at the barangay (village) level.
Archival believes that empowering barangays to manage their own waste could lead to significant savings for the city, which spends approximately P500 million annually on waste disposal.
Composting and recycling will be integral parts of this new approach. Each barangay is expected to take responsibility for sorting waste, a crucial step for effective composting and recycling. By promoting composting within communities, organic waste can be converted into compost, which can reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills, potentially benefiting local agriculture or landscaping needs.
The focus on decentralized waste management isn't just about cost savings. It's also about empowerment. Archival aims to encourage communities to take an active role in managing their waste, thus fostering a sense of ownership and responsibility.
While information about potential changes to tipping fees for waste disposal is not explicitly mentioned, Archival's strategy primarily aims to improve revenue collection from existing sources, such as real property tax. The goal is to enhance efficiency and collection without imposing new taxes or fees.
Archival's broader environmental agenda includes modernizing waste disposal methods, long-term flood mitigation strategies, and promoting sustainability. His engineering background informs his structured, results-driven approach to these challenges.
In practical terms, the plan consists of community-level composting, waste segregation, and recycling initiatives, with the aim of reducing the volume of waste sent to landfills. The city, meanwhile, will focus on improving revenue collection from existing sources, rather than introducing new taxes or fees.
Stakeholders from various sectors will gather at a two-day workshop in May 2025 to discuss and map out strategies for implementing this waste management plan. Participating organizations include the Cebu-Inayawan Resource Collectors Association, the Department of Interior and Local Government, the Cebu City Environment and Natural Office, the Department of Science and Technology, Technical Education Science and Development Authority, Department of Labor, and the Department of Trade and Industry.
In summary, Archival's waste management plan for Cebu City prioritizes community-level waste segregation, composting, and recycling to promote sustainability and reduce costs, while emphasizing improved revenue management over the introduction of new taxes or tipping fees.
- The incoming mayor of Cebu City, Nestor Archival, has planned to extend his waste management strategy beyond cost savings, aiming to empower communities to take an active role in waste management, fostering a sense of ownership and responsibility in sustainable living.
- As part of Archival's comprehensive waste management plan for Cebu City, each barangay will be responsible for sorting waste, promoting composting within communities, and potentially supplying compost for home-and-garden needs or local agriculture.
- In line with Archival's broader environmental agenda, the government departments such as the Department of Interior and Local Government, Cebu City Environment and Natural Office, and the Department of Science and Technology will collaborate with various stakeholders to develop and implement a sustainable-living approach for waste management in Cebu City.
