Garbage pickers and scavengers may soon have a steady source of income as entrepreneurs as the DENR reaffirmed its plan to look into their plight. | janebautistaINQ /PDI
In 2010, the National Solid Waste Management Commission adopted a national framework plan to empower trash pickers who are considered “critical actors” in supporting the operation of an environmentally acceptable solid waste management system, including segregation, collection, transfer, treatment and disposal.
Loyzaga also stressed the need to help local governments in implementing a system of data recording, tracking and reporting on the informal waste sector. Loyzaga stressed the vital role of the waste collection and management sector, saying that it was the “backbone of the currently limited collection services and partly of recycling” in the country.
“The sector is particularly impacted by hazardous environments because of the waste that we generate and their involvement in the solid waste management industry,” Loyzaga said. “We hope that we can share that advocacy and we look for ways to actually innovate.” “Junk shops served as pseudo [materials recovery facilities] and scavengers and street collectors picked recyclables for their market value,” the analysis read.
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