Domestic waste dropped by 23% in April, the Municipal Solid Waste Management of Bantayan reported from the increase posted in Q1.

 

For the month of April, we expected the volume of garbage to double because of the holy week activities.  The possible influx of local tourists and devotees coming from other cities and municipalities and even from other provinces were expected to affect waste generation.  However, the data show decrease of waste received in April 1-30.  From the average of 99,000 kg in Quarter 1, we only recorded 77,002 kg in in April (see Figure 1).  Based on data and assuming that all garbage generated in April has been collected, there is no significant increase of garbage generated in the month of April.  Though there is a slight increase of more than 2000 kg of biodegradable collected from the Public Market still manageable as compared to the forecasted increase of 100,000 kg. 

Factors affecting the weight of domesrtic waste:

1. The moisture content of garbage in April 1-30 was relatively lower due to absence of rainfall.  The average moisture content of Municipal Solid Waste ranging from 15%-40%.  Possibly, the moisture content is below 15% in April.  The reduction of moisture content is basically deducted from the actual weight of the garbage received. 

2. Collection of glass bottles halted in April due to space allocation reserved for residual wastes.  So, there are still glass bottles to be collected from puroks. 

3. Lipayran and Luyong Baybay do not have record of disposal in April.  These barangays have recorded higher volume of waste disposed in Quarter 1.