Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin Jr. on June 9, 2022 ordered the complete shutdown of the temporary Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in Barangay Mining beginning June 15, 2022.
Lazatin said this during his meeting with Chief Adviser and Tactician IC Calaguas, City Engineer and concurrent Environmental Management System Head Donato Dizon, and Pipo Soliman of MRF.
The mayor explained that the city will no longer use an MRF, instead all of the waste that will be collected will go straight to the sanitary landfill in Porac town. “We will no longer use an MRF. Nakipag-coordinate na po tayo sa Porac para rito;”
According to Engr. Dizon, dump trucks will head straight to the landfill on the same day the garbage is collected.
“Bale ang arrangement po, kung ano po ang araw ng kolekta ng truck sa barangay, iyon din po ang araw na dadalhin nila ang nakolektang basura sa Porac landfill,” Engr. Dizon said.
“Ang utos po ni Mayor Lazatin, hindi na gagamitin ang MRF,” he added.
Mayor Lazatin constantly encourages Angeleños to practice proper waste segregation. The Walang Plastikan: Plastik Palit Bigas Project launched by Mayor Lazatin continues to operate via schedule in the 33 barangays. The city also acquired a ‘Bilis Walis’ truck and plastic shredding machines, both first in Pampanga.
