LGU Bantayan-Centralized Material Recovery Facility (MRF): Brief Description of existing waste management plan FIGURE ABOVE: The Basura Hipusa, Kahimsog Pangga-a (BAHKAP System) is the framework for the basic management and monitoring of domestic wastes in the Municipality of Bantayan. Bantayan is seriously seeking for a durable solution to address complex waste management challenges in the context of climate change. Today, the goal is to shift from the typical collection and disposal of garbage to RECOVERY of garbage with economic value at the household level. Today, there are more than twenty thousand households, 392 puroks and 25 barangays to consider in the management of wastes. To encourage waste segregation at source, we introduced the 9-waste characterization guide (monitoring form per household) to the 392 puroks, the purok officers then distribute the form to its households. Each purok have established regular schedules for the weighing of garbage from
EMERGENCY PROCEDURES In the event of an imminent or actual emergency situation, the emergency coordinator (or their designate when the emergency coordinator is not available) must immediately: · Activate internal facility alarms or communication systems, where applicable, to notify all facility personnel; and · Notify appropriate local agencies with designated response roles if their help is needed, and · Follow the Emergency Operations Flow Chart (Appendix E). When there is a release, fire, or explosion, the emergency coordinator must immediately identify the character, exact source, amount, and a real extent of any released materials. Concurrently, the Pollution Control Officer must assess possible hazards to human health or the environment that may result from the release, fire, or explosion. This assessment must consider both direct and indirect effects of the release, fire, or explosion (e.g., the effects of any