BIGGER PICTURE: Is waste-to-energy a waste of energy?
While Waste-to-energy facilities seem ideal, it does come with serious drawbacks: they are expensive. Incinerating waste requires costly infrastructure and highly trained staff to operate it, entailing significant financial outlay. In Davao City alone, the proposed WTE facility costs P6 Billion and calls for at least P3.5 billion counterpart from the government for its implementation.
THE BIGGER PICTURE: Is Waste-to-Energy a waste of energy?
Davao City is known as one of the Highly Urbanized Cities (HUCs) in the Philippines. In the 2020 Census of Population and Housing conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), Davao City is home to at least 1,776,969 people, comprising of 1,770,988 households. In an article published in the Philippine News Agency (2022), from the said number of households, the City of Environment and Natural Resources Office-Environmental Waste Management Division estimated that there are around 700 to 750 tons of garbage that are dumped in the city landfill each day.
PH exceeds target with 2.6-M international arrivals in 2022
The holidays delivered further gains for the Philippine tourism industry as it breached its 1.7-million target with 2.65 million international arrivals as of the...
THE BIGGER PICTURE: Nur – Murad meeting: “A great day for the Bangsamoro homeland”
“This is a great day, a great day for the Bangsamoro homeland,” the 83-year-old Nur Misuari, chair of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF)...
BIGGER PICTURE: A celebration of millennium friendship
China and the Philippines are two countries as close as brothers. Like brothers, the two nations will always have a special bond that ties...
BIGGER PICTURE: Running in the family
The election of Trade Union of the Philippines (TUCP) Party-List Rep. Raymond Democrito Cañete Mendoza as the new House Deputy Speaker and Representative Samantha...
BIGGER PICTURE: Getting students back on track
Several public and private schools have opened their doors to students earlier this year. This accounts for 25.61% of 23,230,898 enrollees in public schools...
FVR: second PH president who reached age of over 90
Do you know that former President Fidel V. Ramos (1992-1998), who passed away on Sunday at age 94, was the second Filipino chief executive...
BIGGER PICTURE: Suicide now prevalent but still given little attention
Suicide is becoming prevalent in recent years but unfortunately, it is still not given the much-needed attention it richly deserves.
“Suicide is a form...
The Big Picture | May 2022 Elections: Who has the solutions?
(The author is former Undresecretary and Chairman of Mindanao Economic Council (MedCo), now Mindanao Development Authority (MinDa)-Editor)
On May 9, 2022, we will elect a...