DENR, LGUs do 'ridge- to-reef’ river cleanup
>> Sunday, May 19, 2019
BAGUIO
CITY -- The Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources - Community
Environment and Natural Resources Office with local government units (LGUs),
has initiated river cleanup to help prevent garbage from reaching the seas.
"We're
starting the cleanup of rivers from the very top or the head water since we
know that this directly goes to larger waters, which not only affects aquatic
creatures but also us, humans," DENR-CENRO Environmental Management Bureau
administrative assistant II, Jerome Costales, said during cleanup activity last
week.
The activity, conducted
by the department once a month, will be carried out more often if the situation
calls for more cleaning activities.
Costales said the
present cleanup is centered on the tributaries of the Bued River, which drains
towards La Union straight to the seas.
Aside
from the riverbed, the ridges are also included in the cleaning activity to add
to the maintenance of nature’s beauty.
He said filtration traps
are being installed on small canals to filter non-biodegradable wastes, which
are collected and converted into useful recycled items.
In
an advisory, the DENR-CENRO called on the public to properly manage their
wastes and not to dump them on the rivers.
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