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Kasama Ka!: Multistakeholder Partnerships for Solid Waste Management
SIGMA, CAPIZ
people aware and supportive of the program. The distribution of advocacy
materials facilitated easy learning and effected broader community
involvement in the program. In fact, ensuring that the 4Es of solid waste
management are included in the program will be a great factor in ensuring
its success.
• The series of capacity building for ESWM strengthened the competencies
of both program implementers and beneficiaries. Learning via Lakbay Aral
and exposure to other LGU’s best practices, for example, inspired
implementers to duplicate and innovate on ESWM best practices.
Technical expertise should also be obtained to help in the engineering
aspects.
• Regular updating and feedbacking helped in checking the relevance of
approaches used.
• Continued resource mobilization/fund sourcing is crucial to ensure
program sustainability. This can be achieved through such efforts as
expanding/strengthening existing partnerships and forging new ones with
partners that can provide much needed resources and institutional
support.
• Institutionalizing the program is also critical. Making sure that the right
legal mandates and policies are in place, including a budget, will help the
program to continue even beyond the terms of the leaders who first
championed it.
At the same time, there were some challenges that Sigma encountered which a
replicating LGU may consider:
• Ensuring the proper enforcement of penalties and sanctions for violators
or ESWM ordinances
LGU personnel tasked with this responsibility may be sensitive at first to
people’s persuasions to overlook violations or may be hesitant to enforce
sanctions. Violators may also refuse to pay fines or submit to the
sanctions, which can cause community tensions. It is therefore important
to have the proper implementing rules and regulations in place and clearly
spelled out and that residents are fully consulted and informed of such
rules. The MSWM Board and operations personnel should also monitor the
enforcement of such sanctions and provide guidance on how problems can
be resolved. Incentives should also be put in place to show residents that
compliance is also rewarded.
• Ensuring proper management of the MRFs
This would include proper training and orientation of MRF personnel on
environmental safety and sanitation procedures as well as on equipment
maintenance, solid waste processing, etc. An MRF is a sensitive area;
being a repository of solid waste (recyclables, compost, etc), it must
always be clean and environmentally safe and must not pose any hazard or
inconvenience to the surrounding communities.
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