COLOR CODING OF GARBAGE TRUCKS

COLOR CODING OF GARBAGE TRUCKS For so many years now, many LGUs have been trying to implement waste recycling programs in their own localities, but very few seem to have succeeded. By the looks of it, many local officials seem resigned to the idea of doing the same thing repeatedly, and expecting different results, which is Einstein’s definition of insanity. Is it therefore the time now to try something different? So that we could have different results? Instead of just having one type of garbage truck picking up both biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste materials, why not have two separate trucks to do that, with two separate schedules? That way, the biodegradable waste, which is mostly food waste, could be brought directly to a biodigester facility, where these could be composted and converted to organic fertilizer. Without the biodegradable waste, it would be easier to sort the non-biodegradable waste, which is mostly recyclables. Better still, we should make it compulsory to sort or segregate the non-biodegradable waste to paper, plastics, metals and others. All LGUs are supposed to have their own materials recovery facilities (MRFs) where they are supposed to sort these recyclables into saleable items. If only these materials are pre-sorted, it would be very easy to segregate them. will any LGU try it? IKE SENERES/05-11-24