Tarlac execs eye junking Canada waste contract

By Rhodina Villanueva

TARLAC CITY -- The Sangguniang Palalawigan of Tarlac will pass a resolution seeking to cancel a contract signed by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Metro Clark Waste Management for the dumping of garbage from Canada at a facility in Capas town.

The resolution said the dumping of imported wastes at the Kalangitan sanitary landfill in Capas violated SP Resolution No. 023-2002 and 108-2003.

The board members said the waste could affect the environment and the health of the people of Tarlac.

Earlier, authorities, including the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), considered the disposal of garbage from Canada at the Metro Clark landfill.

The DENR and the Canadian embassy assured the public that the shipping containers of waste “are neither toxic nor hazardous,” but environment groups believe otherwise.

The provincial council said there was no evidence showing the garbage from Canada is not hazardous.