Villar bares how Las Pinas made money from waste

By Vency D. Bulayungan

LAGAWE, Ifugao --Former Las Pinas City Rep. Cynthia Villar, shared  here practices of her city  on how they  turned wastes, water lilies and coconut husks into money.

                Villar related how the people converted these seemingly of no use materials into source of income and provided employment to many idle persons.

                She narrated rivers in Las Pinas before were full of water lilies and that fishes could not thrive and this posed a big problem to the local government unit.

                However, she managed to invite a trainer who taught the people how to make slippers out of water lilies. 

              Villar said that the country can attain progress without sacrificing the environment thus she encouraged townsfolk to   cooperate and manage their wastes for the next generation.

                The coconut husks which were piled in different places were converted into nets which were used for riprap projects and also for fertilizers.

                On the other hand, kitchen leftovers were converted by their group into fertilizers and were able to produce tons of organic fertilizers being sold to farmers.