Baguio execs want Black Hole waste technology tested

By Aileen P. Refuerzo

BAGUIO CITY – The city council has agreed to request the inventor of the Black Hole Technology to present the waste processing scheme to the city for possible consideration as an option to solve the city’s garbage problem.

The body adopted the proposed resolution of Councilor Elmer Datuin for said purpose.

The body as per recommendation of the committee on health and sanitation chaired by Councilor ErdolfoBalajadia also resolved that the scheme be studied by city general services officer Romeo Concio who heads the city’s solid waste management division for his recommendation.

Datuin said the Black Hole Technology is presently used in La Trinidad municipality for solid waste disposal for both biodegradable and non-biodegradable wastes with the used of Japanese-made magnetic garbage decomposer using low temperature plasma.

“The Black Hole technology appears to have proven its effectivity as it can process both biodegradable and non-biodegradable wastes without any by-product that still needs to be disposed or transported to other areas,” Datuin noted in his resolution.

He said the scheme also “appears to be cost-effective as it is cheaper to operate as the cost of fuel and electricity are practically inexistent and the wasteful cost of transporting the by-product is entirely eliminated.”

“The technology is best described as superior to other technology and it is to the best interest of the City of Baguio to welcome the inventor of the (said technology) to present (it) for possible purchase and inclusion to the long-term solid waste disposal solution of the city,” Datuin said.