Waste management in Cagayan de Oro City is the top priority after the New Year celebration, following reports of piles of uncollected trash in public markets.
In a radio interview on Wednesday, Allan Villalba, chief of the City Public Service Office, said the local government’s third-party contractor for garbage collection has deployed workers in major public markets and streets to immediately collect the piles of garbage on the first morning of 2025.
“There’s more garbage this year because more vendors were selling in the sidewalks than before,” he said.
Villalba said two city government departments are already working to speed up garbage collection and street cleaning.
In major public markets, garbage has started accumulating on the sidewalks several hours before the New Year celebration.
Garbage collection in the city is observing a scheduled rotation of trucks by the third-party contractor under the management of Tencil company. (PNA)