Tag: trash collection

DENR USES HABAL-HABAL TO GET TRASH FROM ESTEROS

Post author By Paz Liu
Post date September 17, 2020
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The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has found an innovative solution to trash collection problems in estero communities along the Tullahan-Tinajeros River System using its own version of the lowly yet dependable “habal-habal.” Frequently dubbed as the “poor man’s motorcycle taxi,” the habal-habal is a highly improvised two-wheeled single motorcycle usually ridden beyond […]

Tags DENR, esteros, habal habal, Secretary Cimatu, trash collection

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3,810 TONS OF TRASH COLLECTED FROM MANILA BAY COASTLINE — LIM

Post author By Daniel Mejos
Post date September 11, 2019
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More than 3,810 tons of garbage, water hyacinth and silt have been removed from the Manila Bay coastline and drainage system discharging to the bay since government started its rehabilitation program, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said. In the MMDA’s Manila Bay rehabilitation report, collected from Jan. 7 to Aug. 31 were: • 2,639 […]

Tags DENR, Environment, Manila Bay coastal cleanup, MMDA, MMDA Chairman Danilo Lim, Trash, trash collection