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Kasama Ka!: Multistakeholder Partnerships for Solid Waste Management
SIGMA, CAPIZ
Enactment and proper enforcement of ordinances and rules and
guidelines on SWM is crucial to its success; thus the LGU should
identify measures to carry this out.
In Sigma, barangay tanods and ambulant vendors were deputized to
act as traffic and ecological aides. A daily garbage collection
schedule was also established. Another ordinance enacted and
enforced was a ‘no segregation, no collection’ policy, under which
unsegregated waste will not be collected by the roving eco-carts
and garbage trucks.
7.6 Establishing mechanisms/structures for encouraging
entrepreneurship and income-generation from the program (4th E-
Entrepreneurship)
The final component of the 4Es is entrepreneurship, which aims to
provide additional income from wastes to households and
communities undertaking solid waste management. This provides
considerable incentives for people to participate in the program,
thus increasing its sustainability, as well as help improve economic
conditions for families.
In Sigma, one entrepreneurship mechanism established was the
Ecological Park (Eco-Park) which features a demo organic farm and
organic soil production site inside the MRF II. The compost fertilizer
from the biodegradable materials is packaged and submitted for
soil analysis before commercial sale and distribution. The soil
conditioner products are now being sold to Sigmahanon farmers at
Php100 per sack. Other income-generating projects that can be
explored include handicraft making from recycled materials and the
sale of recyclable materials such as plastics, paper and cardboard
boxes, and metal scrap to junk shops.
7.7 Monitoring program implementation and address problems through
innovations in the program/plan
Part of implementing the program is being prepared to address
problems that crop up during program implementation. This would
entail continuous monitoring of the program to be able to identify
gaps in implementation and come up with innovations and changes
to address such concerns. In Sigma, one of the initial problems
encountered was getting backyard livestock owners, market
vendors and pet owners to comply with the policies on cleanliness,
sanitation and waste segregation. Also, it was later discovered that
the space in the MRFs was too limited to accommodate the
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