Tubao town execs offer to host Baguio garbage

By Dexter A. See

TUBAO, La Union — After its neighboring town of Aringay, this province withdrew its proposal to serve as site for a sanitary landfill for Baguio City, this fifth-class municipality has signified its intention to host of Baguio’s garbage.

Municipal officials informed the Baguio City government of their willingness to host the latter’s trash landfill after they conducted consultations with groups of residents.

The proposal states Tubao would host Baguio’s sanitary landfill in order to increase its internally generated funds.

It would also enable it to comply with the law on solid waste management as the municipality could also use the facility as its dumpsite.

However, the proposed offer would be pushed through only if residents approve the plan to host the sanitary landfill.

This would require consultations to get pulse of the people on the plan as this could adversely affect their health and environment.

Upon learning of Tubao officials’ plan to host Baguio’s sanitary landfill, some concerned groups in Aringay town, which had earlier withdrew its proposal to host the facility, vowed to campaign for the outright rejection of the offer by the people because, they said, it could result in the pollution of the Aringay River.

Some sectors in this town said they will seriously study the proposal of the municipal officials for the town to serve as dumping site of over 280 tons of garbage collected daily in Baguio City.