Mandaue brgy. shreds plastic to use as fuel

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A BARANGAY in Mandaue City turns plastic wastes into fuel to reduce garbage.

In a recycling facility in Barangay Pagsabungan, shredded plastic materials are fed into a machine to produce fuel that can sea vessels can use.

The barangay started operating the P1.8-million machine two months ago.

“With this facility, we are able to reduce the garbage we dump in the Umapad dumpsite,” former Pagsabungan barangay captain Andres Suson said.

The facility sits on a 1,500-square meter lot, which also includes a vegetable garden.

The plastic-processing machine, which is operated by two workers, consists of a heat chamber, a condenser, a catalyst reactor and a bio-filter. It was provided by the City Government.

Suson, who was recently appointed assistant city engineer, said the barangay received the equipment because of its compliance with the solid waste management law.

The recycling facility also has a plastic shredder machine.

It also has a compost pit for biodegradable wastes.

The fertilizer from the compost pit is used in the vegetable garden. The barangay sells the fertilizer at P200 per sack.

Suson said the barangay can earn revenues from the fuel, but its main goal is to reduce garbage in its area.

“We just want a clean barangay. Our goal is zero waste,” he said.

The machine manufacturer, which is based in Lapu-Lapu City, markets the fuel produced from plastic wastes, he said.

Suson cannot estimate for now the amount of fuel being produced.

Pagsabungan is home to about 4,000 households or 20,280 people. Suson said the barangay generates 25 to 30 cubic meters of garbage every month.

Suson said he learned good practices in solid waste management from “Lakbay Aral” programs, where barangay officials visit other places to learn best practices.

(Suson was replaced by councilor Asterio Judilla Suson as barangay captain after the former was appointed assistant city engineer.)

Last year, the barangay placed second among the city’s 27 barangays in a contest on solid waste management.

Suson said the barangay has been strictly enforcing the City’s solid waste management ordinance, imposing penalties on violators.

The barangay has a solid waste management board that monitors every household’s compliance with the ordinance.
Barangay Pagsabungan, Mandaue LGU shreds plastic to use as fuel | Sun.Star

[Eve's Apple Project]

nice move! maayo untag tibook pinas mobuhat ani.. unsa kaha ning fuel ani, pwede sa sakyanan/PUJ? nganong sea vessels raman?

[<SMILE>]

It's converting plastic into bunker fuel,
Good Idea for solid waste disposal mostly with the
non biodegradable plastic.

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[666satan]

mayta naa na sa opon oi...

[Andruid80]

mo support ko ani...

[vahnhelsing]

mayta naa na sa opon oi...

nas opon ang maker sa machine so dapat naa sad unta ta ani..
radaza unsa man ni? palit na uy.

[galaxius]

We need more on these useful machines. The govt. should cultivate more in producing its citizens ingenuinity.
Daghan mga inventor nato nga kung suportahan lamng unta sa gobyerno mahimong magmapuslanon para kanatong mga pinoy
Who knows mas kita pay mag una sa asia sa atong pagkamaalamon. Apan kng ang gobyerno dli magpakabana wala gayud mahitabo
sa atong kahimtang.

[Rakizta]

sus, naa ra man diay ni . diri unta gigamit anng uban pork barrel sa mga politiko nato . a town or city with no garbage is a very clean place . unta tagaan og pagtagad ni kay two birds in one stone , limpyo pa ang palibot kay lesser ang garbage , makatabang pa sa low consumption sa naggamit ani for bunker fuel .

[mybuuz]

pagpa-implement sa Waste Management nga dili na kolektahon ang dili segregated, abi nako tanan mag-ingon ani. diba mao man unta to plano? karon kay murag maihap ra ang naghimo ani, asa naman tawn ang LGU para nagpa-implement ani uy.

[H.Wolowitz]

daghan kaayo tag mga genius inventors. suporta ra jud sa gobyerno ang kuwang. as usual, diha ra patyon sa lobbying. mao jud na ang part sa politics ang dili nako ganahan.

lobby diri, lobby didto. ang resulta? aw, sila ray madatu.