CCAC Workshop on Municipal Solid Waste Case Study 1: Cebu City, Philippines ISWA Congress 2015 Antwerp, Belgium

Nida C. Cabrera City Councilor, Cebu City, Philippines

Chairperson, Committee on Environment, Cebu City Council nida_cabrera@yahoo.com

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Outline of Presentation: 1. City Profile 2. Current Situation of MSWM 3. City Assessment and Work Plan Development under

the CCAC 4. Major Projects for Implementation under the CCAC

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Strength: 3rd Most Competitive City among 142 highly urbanized cities in the Philippines, next only to Manila and Makati cities. Part of the environmental network of Asian cities.

Total Land Area: 315 square kilometers. Population: 866,171 (2010) Total No. of Barangays: 80 (30 rural/upland barangays, 50 urban/low-land barangays) The oldest city in the country. Called as the Queen City of the

South for being the second largest center of business in the country, next to Metro Manila.

Threats: Global Climate Risk Index 2015: Philippines is

no. 1 among countries affected by climate change based on events of 2013 (Germanwatch report).

Barely 15% of the city’s total land area sits on flat terrain; 7 upland barangays are highly vulnerable to landslides while 12 low-land barangays have very high susceptibility to flooding (based on most recent geo-hazard assessment of the Mines & Geosciences Bureau-Dept. of Environment & Natural Resources).

City Collection Barangay collection

67%

16%

4% 2% 1% 1% 1% 1%

7% Organic waste Plastic Paper Textile Tins Rubber Glass Wood Others

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Waste Analysis and Characterisation Survey (WACS) 2010 – Cebu City

The City Sanitary Landfill started commercial operation in 1998

The City Sanitary Landfill after 15 years

Current SWM Practices

520 tons/day, tipping fee @ USD15/ton. Tipping fee cost- Daily:USD7,800 * Monthly: USD234,000 * Annual: USD2,808,000

(excluding cost on fuel, vehicle maintenance, and personnel salary plus the environmental cost of this unsustainable model)

Bio Nutrient Waste Management, Inc (for market waste/ biodegradables)

Cebu Solid Waste Management,

Inc./EVO (for plastic waste/Non-

bio)

A private landfill 27 KM north of Cebu City Private MRFs

JICA-Mansei- Cebu City Gov’t:

Pilot Plastic Waste Recyling

Facility. Capacity: 5 tons,

8 hours a day

Product: Plastic Fluff Fuel

251.25 348.4 60 83.2 15 20.8 7.5 10.4 3.75 5.2 3.75 5.2 3.75 5.2 3.75 5.2 26.25 36.4

At Current Volume: 2014 (375T) 2015 (520T)

Waste Diversion

Household composting: promotion of

Takakura Composting

House-holds

Selected barangays

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Result of City Assessment

1) Existing City Ordinance No. 2031 (“Solid Waste Segregation at Source” and No. 2343 (“Regulating the Use and Sale of Plastic Shopping Bags”) for supporting waste segregation & composting. 2) Existing institutional mechanisms from City to Barangay (Cebu City Solid Waste Management Board, Barangay Solid Waste Management Committees)

3) Has a model community in Barangay Luz in implementing community-based SWM and composting.

1) Need for increased coordination among institutions responsible for SWM. Big factor: lack of blueprint – the 10-Year Solid Waste Management Plan mandated by law. 2) City’s high budget allocation yields low in material resource recycling; “collect and dump” still the prevailing approach. 3) Lack of capacity in the Barangays (for those responsible for SWM)

1) National commitment to reduce waste promoting 3Rs (RA 9003). 2) Existing partnership with community-based organizations (CBOs), NGOs, private sector and academic institutions. 3) International partnerships. 4) Multi-stakeholder cooperation in crafting other waste policies: on e-waste & hazardous waste. 5) Closure of landfill - opportunity for improvements in the disposal site.

1) Mindset / attitude of community 2) Lack of lands for establishing materials recovery facilities in urban Barangays. 3) Subsidies for chemical inputs rather than support for organics.

SWOT Opportunities Threats

Strengths Weaknesses

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Action Plan to Improve MSWM and Reduce SLCPs

Moving from collect and dump attitudes to resource efficient society

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Proposed Activities Prioritised for Work Plan Preparation Priority 1: Implementation of waste separation at source.

Priority 2: Promotion of composting at medium and larger-scale (business opportunity) and encourage recycling.

Priority 3: Improvement of final disposal site.

Priority 4: Strengthening institutional system for planning and implementation of the Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM) system for achieving SLCP reduction.

Priority 5: Learn and share the experience and good practices through city-to-city exchange.

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Priority 1: Implementation of waste separation at source

1. Encourage separated waste collection

2. Enforcement of “No Segregation and

No Collection” Policy

3. Ban of open dumping

4. Formulation of waste prevention

policies (Regulation of plastics: City

Ordinance 2343 already in-placed. Need to

implement expansion of days covered.)

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Priority 2.1: Promotion of composting for organic waste management

Backyard composting (actual demonstration on the preparation of mother composts, and follow-up and monitoring for households who have undergone training.)

Barangay composting (waste separation, finding suitable land, technical know-how, and cooperation of citizens) (less than 5 tonnes/day)

Partnership with business enterprises such as the Bio Nutrient Waste Management Inc. for larger scale composting (50-100 tonnes/day)

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Priority 2.2: Encourage recycling businesses

Waste to Energy (Plastic Fluff Fuel), now operational, with contract from Cemex Philippines to sell plastic fluff fuel as alternative to coal. Scaling-up to commercial level in the pipeline.

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Priority 3: Improvement of final disposal site

Source; Fukuoka City Environmental Bureau

Closure Plan being formulated to include rehabilitation and remediation of the 15.41-hectare facility.

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Priority 4: Strengthening Institutional Mechanisms

• Conducted strategic planning & assessment to review long-term vision and formulate strategic actions and their corresponding mechanisms. Reviewed performance indicators in terms of implementing solid waste management policies.

Strengthening of the Cebu City Solid Waste

Management Board (CCSWMB)

• Provided knowledge and skills to barangay leaders and other barangay stakeholders to establish BSWMCs and formulate solid waste management plans and strategies of the barangays.

Conducts orientations for the establishment of

Barangay Solid Waste Management Committees

(BSWMCs)

Seminars and training with enforcers: City Environmental Sanitation Enforcement Team

(CESET) & Barangay Environmental Officers (BEOs)

• Review of existing laws and policies on solid

waste management and how to effectively implement the same at the City and Barangay levels.

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Priority 5: Capacity Building and City Exchange

Benchmarking and sharing of best practices with practitioners in the country and international resource speakers through global

environmental networks.

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Thank You!

Daghang Salamat!