MRF for big firms in M’daue — expert

BIG establishments in Mandaue City may soon be required to have their own Material Recovery Facility (MRF) to sort out garbage especially those that produce 100 kilos of waste a day.

Lawyer Benjamin Cabrido, environmental consultant of Mandaue City, said that to make the city livable for the next generations, the city government would require commercial and industrial establishments to put up their own MRF.

Cabrido said a new ordinance to this effect would have to be approved by the city council.

The penalty for violators would be non-renewal of business permits and fees.

Cabrido said once MRFs are set up by business establishments, they would see how collected wastes would be reduced by 50 percent to 60 percent. Reporter Jucell Marie P. Cuyos