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QC to DENR: Reconsider Payatas closure

QUEZON CITY, Jan. 21 (PIA)–The Quezon City government appealed to Environment Secretary Gina Lopez to reconsider her order regarding the immediate closure of the Payatas sanitary landfill as the move would derail the city government’s solid waste management system.A statement from the City’s Environmental Protection and Waste Management Department stated that the Quezon City government is addressing every necessary step to address the concerns of the DENR Secretary. “To this extent, the Quezon City government […]

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“Stop Payatas dump operation and expansion,” QC told

9 July 2015. Quezon City. A day before the 15th year commemoration of the ill-famed tragic Payatas trash slide, zero waste advocacy network EcoWaste Coalition and the Payatas-based Alyansa ng mga Samahang Nagkakaisa sa Payatas (ASNP) told the Quezon City government to stop the landfill’s operation and expansion. Leonita Panoy, President of the ASNP, said in her own tongue that “Everyday tons and tons of mixed wastes are dumped in Payatas creating what is now […]

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