Mayor Cortes eyes throw mill for Umapad dumpsite

A THROW mill will be separating, plastic and soil in the Umapad dumpsite in Mandaue City next year.

Mayor Jonas Cortes said he planned to have a throw mill to help segregate wastes in the Mandaue dumpsite next year.

The mayor’s decision to acquire or fabricate a throw mill for the Umapad dumpsite came about after Cortes’ 10-day study tour in Germany, which was sponsored by Center for Research Education and Demonstration in waste management (CREED).

Part of the the study tour in Hannover, Germany, was a visit in a waste management center in Hille, Minden.

The mayor said he was impressed with the high technology used by Germany in their solid waste management.

Cortes said a throw mill is an equipment similar to a vehicle that digs and separates plastic and soil.

He said the throw mill could mine the nine hectares in Umapad dumpsite.

He said even the plastics or residual wastes stocked in the Umapad dumpsite for the past 20 years could still be segregated with the use of throw mill.

Cortes said that he witnessed how the throw mill segregated the garbage.

“Ang mga plastic kay mu separate jud siya sa soil kay naa man siya screen sa ubos,” he said while pointing out that the throw mill will be of great help in the dumpsite as some part of it were idle due to the pile of garbage.

After the segregation, Cortes said that the plastics would  still be shredded and turn into hollow blocks or foot pads.

Cortes said he was open for partnership with private entities in their throw mill project.

The mayor, however, said he didn’t know the price of a throw mill and the Mandaue City government was still acquiring the costs of the equipment.

He said the city government couldn’t copy the technology in Germany but maybe with the help of the Department of Science and Technology, we could fabricate a similar equipment. /Reporter Jucell Marie P. Cuyos