Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 30) — The proposed establishment of a $250-million waste-to-energy facility in Clark, Pampanga gained the support of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) to avert a possible garbage crisis.
BCDA President and CEO Aileen R. Zosa said the project would complement efforts to make New Clark City a “sustainable and efficient community.”
“We want to ensure that our garbage is efficiently collected and disposed of,” Zosa said.
Undersecretary Juan Miguel Cuna of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources said the DENR wants to see similar projects as “this would mean more green investments pouring into our country.”
“Apart from creating jobs, we are also looking at lengthening the lifespan of sanitary landfills and improving our environmental outlook,” he said.
The Metro Clark Waste Management Corporation, operator of a 100-hectare disposal facility in Clark, is the project proponent, with its foreign partner Plambeck Emirates.
Once operational, it would be the country’s first waste-to-energy plant.
Holger Holst of Plambeck Emirates said the country is “in the middle of a solid waste crisis” as it generates solid waste at the rate of 40,000 tons a day.
